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1. Author Correction: A consensus-based transparency checklist.

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Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan, Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan

Abstract

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Published
2020

2. A consensus-based transparency checklist.

Author

Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan, Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan

Published
2020

3. A consensus-based transparency checklist

Author

Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D., Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A., Ioannidis, John P., Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O., Lindsay, D. Stephen, Morey, Candice C., Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R., Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R., Simons, Daniel J., Wicherts, Jelte M., Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D., Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R., Back, Mitja D., Banks, George C., Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A., Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W., Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S., Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M., Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A., Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M., Gaskell, M. Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P., Greene, Robert L., Harlow, Lisa L., de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D., Mendes, Wendy B., Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, Wagenmakers, Eric Jan, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D., Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A., Ioannidis, John P., Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O., Lindsay, D. Stephen, Morey, Candice C., Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R., Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R., Simons, Daniel J., Wicherts, Jelte M., Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D., Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R., Back, Mitja D., Banks, George C., Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A., Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W., Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S., Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M., Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A., Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M., Gaskell, M. Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P., Greene, Robert L., Harlow, Lisa L., de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D., Mendes, Wendy B., Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, and Wagenmakers, Eric Jan

Published
2020

4. Author Correction: A consensus-based transparency checklist.

Author

Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan, Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan

Abstract

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Published
2020

5. A consensus-based transparency checklist.

Author

Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan, Aczel, Balazs, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D, Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A, Ioannidis, John P, Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Lindsay, D Stephen, Morey, Candice C, Munafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R, Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R, Simons, Daniel J, Wicherts, Jelte M, Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D, Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R, Back, Mitja D, Banks, George C, Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A, Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W, Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S, Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M, Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A, Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M, Gaskell, M Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P, Greene, Robert L, Harlow, Lisa L, de la Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D, Mendes, Wendy B, Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan

Abstract

We present a consensus-based checklist to improve and document the transparency of research reports in social and behavioural research. An accompanying online application allows users to complete the form and generate a report that they can submit with their manuscript or post to a public repository.

Published
2020

6. Idiomatic expressions evoke stronger emotional responses in the brain than literal sentences

Author

Citron, Francesca M.M., Cacciari, Cristina, Funcke, Jakob M., Hsu, Chun-Ting, Jacobs, Arthur M., Citron, Francesca M.M., Cacciari, Cristina, Funcke, Jakob M., Hsu, Chun-Ting, and Jacobs, Arthur M.

Abstract

Recent neuroscientific research shows that metaphors engage readers at the emotional level more strongly than literal expressions. What still remains unclear is what makes metaphors more engaging, and whether this generalises to all figurative expressions, no matter how conventionalised they are. This fMRI study aimed to investigate whether idiomatic expressions - the least creative part of figurative language - indeed trigger a higher affective resonance than literal expressions, and to explore possible interactions between activation in emotion-relevant neural structures and regions associated with figurative language processing. Participants silently read for comprehension a set of emotionally positive, negative and neutral idioms embedded in short sentences, and similarly valenced literal sentences. As in studies on metaphors, we found enhanced activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus and left amygdala in response to idioms, indexing stronger recruitment of executive control functions and enhanced emotional engagement, respectively. This suggests that the comprehension of even highly conventionalised and familiar figurative expressions, namely idioms, recruits regions involved in emotional processing. Furthermore, increased activation of the IFG interacted positively with activation in the amygdala, suggesting that the stronger cognitive engagement driven by idioms may in turn be coupled with stronger involvement at the emotional level.

Published
2019

7. Idiomatic expressions evoke stronger emotional responses in the brain than literal sentences

Author

Citron, Francesca M.M., Cacciari, Cristina, Funcke, Jakob M., Hsu, Chun-Ting, Jacobs, Arthur M., Citron, Francesca M.M., Cacciari, Cristina, Funcke, Jakob M., Hsu, Chun-Ting, and Jacobs, Arthur M.

Abstract

Recent neuroscientific research shows that metaphors engage readers at the emotional level more strongly than literal expressions. What still remains unclear is what makes metaphors more engaging, and whether this generalises to all figurative expressions, no matter how conventionalised they are. This fMRI study aimed to investigate whether idiomatic expressions - the least creative part of figurative language - indeed trigger a higher affective resonance than literal expressions, and to explore possible interactions between activation in emotion-relevant neural structures and regions associated with figurative language processing. Participants silently read for comprehension a set of emotionally positive, negative and neutral idioms embedded in short sentences, and similarly valenced literal sentences. As in studies on metaphors, we found enhanced activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus and left amygdala in response to idioms, indexing stronger recruitment of executive control functions and enhanced emotional engagement, respectively. This suggests that the comprehension of even highly conventionalised and familiar figurative expressions, namely idioms, recruits regions involved in emotional processing. Furthermore, increased activation of the IFG interacted positively with activation in the amygdala, suggesting that the stronger cognitive engagement driven by idioms may in turn be coupled with stronger involvement at the emotional level.

Published
2019

8. A consensus-based transparency checklist

Author

Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D., Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A., Ioannidis, John P., Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O., Lindsay, D. Stephen, Morey, Candice C., Monafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R., Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R., Simons, Daniel J., Wicherts, Jelte M., Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D., Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R., Back, Mitja D., Banks, George C., Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A., Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W., Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S., Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M., Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A., Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M., Gaskell, M. Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P., Greene, Robert L., Harlow, Lisa L., De La Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D., Mendes, Wendy B., Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Kekecs, Zoltan, Kucharský, Šimon, Benjamin, Daniel, Chambers, Christopher D., Fisher, Agneta, Gelman, Andrew, Gernsbacher, Morton A., Ioannidis, John P., Johnson, Eric, Jonas, Kai, Kousta, Stavroula, Lilienfeld, Scott O., Lindsay, D. Stephen, Morey, Candice C., Monafò, Marcus, Newell, Benjamin R., Pashler, Harold, Shanks, David R., Simons, Daniel J., Wicherts, Jelte M., Albarracin, Dolores, Anderson, Nicole D., Antonakis, John, Arkes, Hal R., Back, Mitja D., Banks, George C., Beevers, Christopher, Bennett, Andrew A., Bleidorn, Wiebke, Boyer, Ty W., Cacciari, Cristina, Carter, Alice S., Cesario, Joseph, Clifton, Charles, Conroy, Ronán M., Cortese, Mike, Cosci, Fiammetta, Cowan, Nelson, Crawford, Jarret, Crone, Eveline A., Curtin, John, Engle, Randall, Farrell, Simon, Fearon, Pasco, Fichman, Mark, Frankenhuis, Willem, Freund, Alexandra M., Gaskell, M. Gareth, Giner-Sorolla, Roger, Green, Don P., Greene, Robert L., Harlow, Lisa L., De La Guardia, Fernando Hoces, Isaacowitz, Derek, Kolodner, Janet, Lieberman, Debra, Logan, Gordon D., Mendes, Wendy B., Moersdorf, Lea, Nyhan, Brendan, Pollack, Jeffrey, Sullivan, Christopher, Vazire, Simine, and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan

Abstract

We present a consensus-based checklist to improve and document the transparency of research reports in social and behavioural research. An accompanying online application allows users to complete the form and generate a report that they can submit with their manuscript or post to a public repository.

Published
2019

9. Basic Composition and Enriched Integration in Idiom Processing: An EEG Study

Author

Canal, Paolo, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Vespignani, Francesco, Molinaro, Nicola, Cacciari, Cristina, Canal, Paolo, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Vespignani, Francesco, Molinaro, Nicola, and Cacciari, Cristina

Abstract

Online First Publication, January 9, 2017, We investigated the extent to which the literal meanings of the words forming literally plausible idioms (e.g., break the ice) are semantically composed and how the idiomatic meaning is integrated in the unfolding sentence representation. Participants read ambiguous idiom strings embedded in highly predictable, literal, and idiomatic contexts while their EEG was recorded. Control sentences only contained the idiom-final word whose cloze values were as high as in literal and idiomatic contexts. Event-related potentials data showed that differences in the amplitude of a frontal positivity (PNP) emerged at the beginning and at the end of the idiom strings, with the idiomatic context condition associated with more positive voltages. The time frequency analysis of the EEG showed an increase in power of the middle gamma frequency band only in the literal context condition. These findings suggest that sentence revision mechanisms, associated with the frontal PNP, are involved in idiom meaning integration, and that the literal semantic composition of the idiomatic constituents, associated with changes in gamma frequency, is not carried out after idiom recognition.

Published
2017

10. Basic Composition and Enriched Integration in Idiom Processing: An EEG Study

Author

Canal, Paolo, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Vespignani, Francesco, Molinaro, Nicola, Cacciari, Cristina, Canal, Paolo, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Vespignani, Francesco, Molinaro, Nicola, and Cacciari, Cristina

Abstract

Online First Publication, January 9, 2017, We investigated the extent to which the literal meanings of the words forming literally plausible idioms (e.g., break the ice) are semantically composed and how the idiomatic meaning is integrated in the unfolding sentence representation. Participants read ambiguous idiom strings embedded in highly predictable, literal, and idiomatic contexts while their EEG was recorded. Control sentences only contained the idiom-final word whose cloze values were as high as in literal and idiomatic contexts. Event-related potentials data showed that differences in the amplitude of a frontal positivity (PNP) emerged at the beginning and at the end of the idiom strings, with the idiomatic context condition associated with more positive voltages. The time frequency analysis of the EEG showed an increase in power of the middle gamma frequency band only in the literal context condition. These findings suggest that sentence revision mechanisms, associated with the frontal PNP, are involved in idiom meaning integration, and that the literal semantic composition of the idiomatic constituents, associated with changes in gamma frequency, is not carried out after idiom recognition.

Published
2017

11. Basic Composition and Enriched Integration in Idiom Processing: An EEG Study

Author

Canal, Paolo, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Vespignani, Francesco, Molinaro, Nicola, Cacciari, Cristina, Canal, Paolo, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Vespignani, Francesco, Molinaro, Nicola, and Cacciari, Cristina

Abstract

Online First Publication, January 9, 2017, We investigated the extent to which the literal meanings of the words forming literally plausible idioms (e.g., break the ice) are semantically composed and how the idiomatic meaning is integrated in the unfolding sentence representation. Participants read ambiguous idiom strings embedded in highly predictable, literal, and idiomatic contexts while their EEG was recorded. Control sentences only contained the idiom-final word whose cloze values were as high as in literal and idiomatic contexts. Event-related potentials data showed that differences in the amplitude of a frontal positivity (PNP) emerged at the beginning and at the end of the idiom strings, with the idiomatic context condition associated with more positive voltages. The time frequency analysis of the EEG showed an increase in power of the middle gamma frequency band only in the literal context condition. These findings suggest that sentence revision mechanisms, associated with the frontal PNP, are involved in idiom meaning integration, and that the literal semantic composition of the idiomatic constituents, associated with changes in gamma frequency, is not carried out after idiom recognition.

Published
2017

12. When emotions are expressed figuratively:psycholinguistic and affective norms of 619 idioms for German (PANIG)

Author

Citron, Francesca M. M., Cacciari, Cristina, Kucharski, Michael, Beck, Luna, Conrad, Markus, Jacobs, Arthur M., Citron, Francesca M. M., Cacciari, Cristina, Kucharski, Michael, Beck, Luna, Conrad, Markus, and Jacobs, Arthur M.

Abstract

Despite flourishing research on the relationship between emotion and literal language, and despite the pervasiveness of figurative expressions in communication, the role of figurative language in conveying affect has been under-investigated. This study provides affective and psycholinguistic norms for 619 German idiomatic expressions and explores the relationships between affective and psycholinguistic idiom properties. German native speakers rated each idiom for emotional valence, arousal, familiarity, semantic transparency, figurativeness, and concreteness. They also described the figurative meaning of each idiom, and rated how confident they were on the attributed meaning. Results showed that idioms rated high in valence were also rated high in arousal. Negative idioms were rated as more arousing than positive ones, in line with results on single words. Furthermore, arousal correlated positively with figurativeness (supporting the idea that figurative expressions are more emotionally engaging than literal expressions) and with concreteness and semantic transparency. This suggests that idioms may convey a more direct reference to sensory representations, mediated by the meaning of their constituting words. Arousal correlated positively with familiarity. In addition, positive idioms were rated as more familiar than negative idioms. Finally, idioms without a literal counterpart were rated as more emotionally valenced and arousing than idioms with a literal counterpart. Although the meaning of ambiguous idioms was less correctly defined than that of unambiguous idioms, ambiguous idioms were rated as more concrete than unambiguous ones. We also discuss the relationships between the various psycholinguistic variables characterising idioms, with reference to the literature on idiom structure and processing.

Published
2016

13. When emotions are expressed figuratively : psycholinguistic and affective norms of 619 idioms for German (PANIG)

Author

Citron, Francesca M. M., Cacciari, Cristina, Kucharski, Michael, Beck, Luna, Conrad, Markus, Jacobs, Arthur M., Citron, Francesca M. M., Cacciari, Cristina, Kucharski, Michael, Beck, Luna, Conrad, Markus, and Jacobs, Arthur M.

Abstract

Despite flourishing research on the relationship between emotion and literal language, and despite the pervasiveness of figurative expressions in communication, the role of figurative language in conveying affect has been under-investigated. This study provides affective and psycholinguistic norms for 619 German idiomatic expressions and explores the relationships between affective and psycholinguistic idiom properties. German native speakers rated each idiom for emotional valence, arousal, familiarity, semantic transparency, figurativeness, and concreteness. They also described the figurative meaning of each idiom, and rated how confident they were on the attributed meaning. Results showed that idioms rated high in valence were also rated high in arousal. Negative idioms were rated as more arousing than positive ones, in line with results on single words. Furthermore, arousal correlated positively with figurativeness (supporting the idea that figurative expressions are more emotionally engaging than literal expressions) and with concreteness and semantic transparency. This suggests that idioms may convey a more direct reference to sensory representations, mediated by the meaning of their constituting words. Arousal correlated positively with familiarity. In addition, positive idioms were rated as more familiar than negative idioms. Finally, idioms without a literal counterpart were rated as more emotionally valenced and arousing than idioms with a literal counterpart. Although the meaning of ambiguous idioms was less correctly defined than that of unambiguous idioms, ambiguous idioms were rated as more concrete than unambiguous ones. We also discuss the relationships between the various psycholinguistic variables characterising idioms, with reference to the literature on idiom structure and processing.

Published
2016

16. Speed of Processing Effects on Spoken Idiom Comprehension

Author

Bennetto, Loisa, Bennetto, Loisa, Cacciari, Cristina, Campana, Ellen, Corradini, Paola, Packard, Stephanie, Padovani, Roberto, Silverman, Laura, Tanenhaus, Michael K., Bennetto, Loisa, Bennetto, Loisa, Cacciari, Cristina, Campana, Ellen, Corradini, Paola, Packard, Stephanie, Padovani, Roberto, Silverman, Laura, and Tanenhaus, Michael K.

Published
2005

17. Speed of Processing Effects on Spoken Idiom Comprehension

Author

Bennetto, Loisa, Bennetto, Loisa, Cacciari, Cristina, Campana, Ellen, Corradini, Paola, Packard, Stephanie, Padovani, Roberto, Silverman, Laura, Tanenhaus, Michael K., Bennetto, Loisa, Bennetto, Loisa, Cacciari, Cristina, Campana, Ellen, Corradini, Paola, Packard, Stephanie, Padovani, Roberto, Silverman, Laura, and Tanenhaus, Michael K.

Published
2005

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