# Looking at the brains behind figurative language—A quantitative meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies on metaphor, idiom, and irony processing

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/looking-at-the-brains-behind-figurative-language-a-quantitative-meta-analysis-of/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Isabel C. Bohrn,Ulrike Altmann,Arthur M. Jacobs |
| Citations | 328 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.07.021 |
| Fields | Neuroscience,Psychology |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2123418852 |
| PMID | 22824234 |
| Type | review |
| Year | 2012 |

## Paper authors

- [Arthur M. Jacobs](https://scholariq.org/researchers/arthur-m-jacobs/)

## Paper journal

- [Neuropsychologia](https://scholariq.org/journals/neuropsychologia/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Language, Metaphor, and Cognition](https://scholariq.org/topics/language-metaphor-and-cognition/)

## Paper topics

- [Language, Metaphor, and Cognition](https://scholariq.org/topics/language-metaphor-and-cognition/)
- [Action Observation and Synchronization](https://scholariq.org/topics/action-observation-and-synchronization/)
- [Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism](https://scholariq.org/topics/neurobiology-of-language-and-bilingualism/)

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