Although the left hemisphere is critical for language, clinical, behavioral, and neuroimaging research suggest that the right hemisphere also contributes to language comprehension. In particular, research has suggested that figurative language may be one type of language that preferentially engages right hemisphere regions. However, there is disagreement about whether these regions within the r...

Damage to the left or the right hemisphere can result in qualitatively and quantitatively different patterns of behavioural impairment. Damage to the right hemisphere, for example, frequently results in neglect, characterised by inattention to the contralesional side of space: this outcome is less frequent following left hemisphere damage. However, the type of stimulus to which the neglect pati...