Overview of brain areas activated during the comprehension of non-literal meanings An ALE meta-analysis
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The aim of this study is to explore the neural basis of pragmatic understanding. I applied a coordination-based Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) meta-analysis. After a comprehensive study selection, 63 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Studies on metaphor, metonymy, irony, sarcasm, implicatures, speech acts, idioms, and proverbs were examined. The meta-analysis was based on data from 1204 participants, and 590 activation foci were identified contrasting figurative and literal understanding. Some of the activation foci correspond to specific structural hubs in the brain, such as the precuneus, superior frontal gyrus, superior parietal lobule, insula, hippocampus, or thalamus. Additionally, among the identified areas, we also find nodes of brain functional networks (such as the language network or theory of mind network), including the bilateral precuneus, both the lateral and medial gyri of the frontal lobes, the superior and middle gyri of the temporal lobes, the amygdala, and the left inferior and superior parietal lobule, insula and cingulate cortex.
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