Fig. 1. Activations in the Right Frontal Cortex: (a) rejection of words preceded by a metaphors, compared to the literal condition (IRM > IRL); (b) rejection of a word following literal sentences (IRL > IRM) compared to the metaphoric condition; (c) endorsement of words preceded by metaphors, compared to the literal condition (RM > RL); (d) endorsement of words following literal sentences compared to the metaphoric condition (RL > RM). Note that the right side (R) of this picture corresponds to the viewer's left hand side. N = 12, activations observed at voxel p value < 0.05, cluster p value < 0.0025.

(a) Descriptive statistics for the reaction times (RT) of literal and metaphoric sentences followed by a semantically relevant word (RL/RM) and the respective t test results. Reaction times are presented in milliseconds (ms) and also following logarithmic transformation (log); the latter were used for the t statistics.

(b) Descriptive statistics for the reaction times (RT) of literal and metaphoric sentences followed by a semantically irrelevant word (IRL/IRM) and the respective t test results. Reaction times are presented in milliseconds (ms) and also following logarithmic transformation (log); the latter were used for the t statistics.

Activations obtained for contrasts; IRL/IRM denote non-relevant words following a literal or metaphoric sentence, respectively, whereas RL/RM stand for related word following a literal or metaphoric sentence, respectively

The p value, voxel size, Talairach coordinates (Tal), Brodmann areas, laterality (Side), and cerebral location are given for each activation. Activations listed here were obtained at a voxel level of p < 0.05 and cluster level of p < 0.0025.