The critical role of interference control in metaphor comprehension evidenced by the drift-diffusion model.

ABSTRACT: We address the question of, among several executive functions, which one has a strong influence on metaphor comprehension. To this end, participants took part in a metaphor comprehension task where metaphors had varying levels of familiarity (familiar vs. novel metaphors) with different conditions of context (supporting vs. opposing contexts). We scrutinized each participant's detailed executive functions using seven neuropsychological tests. More interestingly, we modelled their responses in metaphor comprehension using the drift-diffusion model, in an attempt to provide more systematic accounts of the processes underlying metaphor comprehension. Results showed that there were significant negative correlations between response times in metaphor comprehension and scores of the Controlled O

SUBMITTER: Yoon HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8481255 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature