Grasping metaphors: UC San Diego research ties brain area to figures of speech
...andran conjectures, is critical both to conceptual metaphors and to cross-modal abstractions more generally. "W...arginal gyrus, was abysmal at understanding action metaphors such as "grasping an idea" or "putting your finger on the main argument."......uely human and elusive mental capacities: making metaphors and passing on proverbs, to name just two."...