a School of Education , Bar-Ilan University , Ramat-Gan , Israel.
Laterality. 2014;19(5):511-21. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2013.862539. Epub 2013 Dec 16.
Recent theories of metaphor comprehension discuss the cognitive substrates involved in processing metaphors. However, the role of valence perception during metaphor comprehension has received little attention. The present study aims to examine the effect of emotional valence on metaphor processing, as well as the interaction between this effect and hemispheric differences. Metaphoric, literal, and meaningless word pairs were presented to 43 participants who performed a semantic judgment task. Results showed that processing of metaphors with negative valence was faster when done in the right hemisphere as compared with the left hemisphere. These findings indicate that emotional valence interacts with cognitive processes of metaphor comprehension. We discuss valence with respect to the class inclusion model and the fine versus coarse semantic coding model of metaphor processing.
近期有关隐喻理解的理论探讨了处理隐喻所涉及的认知基础。然而，隐喻理解过程中价值感知的作用却很少受到关注。本研究旨在检验情绪价值对隐喻处理的影响，以及这种影响与半球差异之间的相互作用。将隐喻、字面和无意义的单词对呈现给 43 名参与者，他们执行语义判断任务。结果表明，与左半球相比，处理带有负面价值的隐喻时，右半球的处理速度更快。这些发现表明，情绪价值与隐喻理解的认知过程相互作用。我们根据类包含模型和隐喻处理的精细与粗糙语义编码模型来讨论价值。
