<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Studying how spatial information interacts with figurative language processing in right-hemisphere (RH) stroke patients is a relatively neglected area of research. The goal of the present case study was to establish whether an ischemic lesion in the right temporo-parietal region causing spatial neglect would affect comprehension of sentence-level spatial metaphors, since some evidence indicates the crucial role of the RH in metaphor processing. The patient under study showed some degree of cognitive impairment (e.g., in spatial and verbal working memory, executive control, visuo-spatial matching skills). However, his comprehension of spatial metaphors was preserved. This case illustrates that RH damage does not necessarily affect comprehension of sentence-level spatial metaphors.</p></abstract>

Studying how spatial information interacts with figurative language processing in right-hemisphere (RH) stroke patients is a relatively neglected area of research. The goal of the present case study was to establish whether an ischemic lesion in the right temporo-parietal region causing spatial neglect would affect comprehension of sentence-level spatial metaphors, since some evidence indicates the crucial role of the RH in metaphor processing. The patient under study showed some degree of cognitive impairment (e.g., in spatial and verbal working memory, executive control, visuo-spatial matching skills). However, his comprehension of spatial metaphors was preserved. This case illustrates that RH damage does not necessarily affect comprehension of sentence-level spatial metaphors.

Comprehension of Spatial Metaphors After Right Hemisphere Stroke: A Case Report

University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Studying how spatial information interacts with figurative language processing in right-hemisphere (RH) stroke patients is a relatively neglected area of...

Comprehension of Spatial Metaphors After Right Hemisphere Stroke: A Case Report

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 81 - 87

Received: Jul 26, 2016

Accepted: Dec 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2017-0027

Keywords
spatial metaphors, stroke, right hemisphere, temporo-parietal region, allocentric representations, spatial neglect

© 2018 Vanja Kljajevic et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Comprehension of Spatial Metaphors After Right Hemisphere Stroke: A Case Report

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 81 - 87

Received: Jul 26, 2016

Accepted: Dec 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2017-0027

Keywordsspatial metaphors, stroke, right hemisphere, temporo-parietal region, allocentric representations, spatial neglect

© 2018 Vanja Kljajevic et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
spatial metaphors, stroke, right hemisphere, temporo-parietal region, allocentric representations, spatial neglect