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Mashal, N., Andrick, M., and Small, S. (2011). Motor cortical activation during speech perception. In M. Faust (Ed.), Advances in the Neural Substrates of Language: Toward a synthesis of Basic Science and Clinical Research. Wiley Blackwell: USA.
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Mashal, N. (2012). Nonliteral comprehension deficits in children with learning disabilities: Implication of brain imaging technology (pp. 211- 219). In A. Shamir & O. Korat (Eds.). Technology for Literacy Achievements for Children at Risk. Springer: USA.
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Mashal, N., & Kasirer, A. (2013). Understanding verbal and visual metaphors in Autism (pp. 651-670). In V.B. Patel et al. (Eds.). The Comprehensive Guide to Autism. Springer: USA.
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Mashal, N.*, & Gankin, R. (2024). Dyslexia: Theories and Brain-Based Interventions. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability. Bennet, G. (Ed).
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
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Hershkowitz, D. and Mashal, N. (1998). Pa-matrices and Lyapunov scalar stability. The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, 4, 39-47.
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Mashal, N., Faust, M., & Hendler, T. (2005). The role of the right hemisphere in processing nonsalient metaphorical meanings: Application of Principal Components Analysis to fMRI data. Neuropsychologia, 43, 2084-2100.
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Mashal, N., Faust, M., Hendler, T., & Jung-Beeman, M. (2007). An fMRI investigation of the neural correlates underlying the processing of novel metaphoric expressions. Brain and Language, 100, 115-126. The most cited paper since 2007 in Brain and Language as for 2012
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Faust, M., & Mashal, N. (2007). The role of the right cerebral hemisphere in processing novel metaphoric expressions taken from poetry: A divided visual field study. Neuropsychologia, 45, 860-870.
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Mashal, N., & Faust, M. (2008). Right hemisphere sensitivity to novel metaphoric relations: Application of the signal detection theory. Brain and Language, 104, 103-112.
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Mashal, N., Faust, M., Hendler, T. & Jung-Beeman, M. (2008). Hemispheric differences in processing the literal interpretation of idioms: Converging evidence from behavioral and fMRI studies. Cortex, 44, 848-860.
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Pobric, G., Mashal, N., Faust, M., & Lavidor, M. (2008). The causal role of the right cerebral hemisphere in processing novel metaphoric expressions taken from poetry: A TMS study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 170-181.
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Mashal, N., Faust, M., Hendler, T., & Jung-Beeman, M. (2009). An fMRI study of processing novel metaphoric sentences. Laterality, 14, 30-54.
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Mashal, N., & Faust, M. (2009). Conventionalization of novel metaphors: A shift in hemispheric asymmetry. Laterality, 14, 573-589.
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Mashal, N., & Faust, M. (2010). The effects of metaphoricity and presentation style on brain activation during text comprehension. Metaphor and Symbol, 25(1), 19 – 33.
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Mashal, N., Gavrieli, R., & Kavé, G. (2011). Age-related changes in the appreciation of novel metaphoric semantic relations, Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 18 (5), 527–543.
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Mashal, N., & Kasirer, A. (2011). Thinking maps enhance metaphoric competence in children with autism and learning disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 2045–2054.
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Mashal, N., & Kasirer, A. (2012a). Principal component analysis study of visual and verbal metaphoric comprehension in children with autism and learning disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 274–282.
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kavé, G., & Mashal, N. (2012): Age-related differences in word-retrieval but not in meaning generation, Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 18, 527-543.
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Mashal, N., Solodkin A., Dick, A., Chen, E.E., & Small, S.L. (2012) A Network Model of Observation and Imitation of Speech. Frontiers in psychology, 3:84. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00084.
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Mashal, N. & Kasirer, A. (2012b). The relationship between visual metaphor comprehension and recognition of similarities in children with learning disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 1741-1748.
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Subramaniam, K., Faust, M., Beeman, M., & Mashal, N. (2012). The Repetition Paradigm: Enhancement of novel metaphors and suppression of conventional metaphors in the left inferior parietal lobe. Neuropsychplogia, 50, 2705–2719.
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Subramaniam, K., Beeman, M., Faust, M., & Mashal, N. (2013). Positively-valenced stimuli facilitate creative novel metaphoric processes by enhancing medial prefrontal cortical (mPFC) activation. Frontiers in Psychology, 4:211. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00211.
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Mashal, N., Vishne, T., Laor, N., & Titone, D. (2013). Enhanced left frontal involvement during novel metaphor comprehension in schizophrenia: Evidence from functional neuroimaging. Brain and Language, 124, 66-74.
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Mashal, N. (2013). The role of working memory in the comprehension of unfamiliar and familiar metaphors. Language and Cognition, 5(4), 409- 436.
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Mashal, N., & Itkes, O. (2013). The effects of emotional valence on hemispheric processing of metaphoric word pairs. Laterality, 19, 511-521. DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2013.862539.
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Mashal, N, Shen, Y., & Kastel, D. (2014). Element Order in Metaphorical and Literal Phrases. Metaphor and symbol, 29 (2), 113-128.
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Mashal, N., & Coblentz, S. (2014). Creative interpretations of novel conceptual combinations in aging. Creativity Research Journal, 26(2), 158–164.
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Saban-Bezalel, N., & Mashal, N. (in press). Figurative Language comprehension and Laterality in Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Oshin Vartanian and Rex Jung (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of the Neuroscience of Creativity Progress Report. Cambridge University Press.
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Kavé, G., Gavrieli, R., & Mashal, N. (2014). Stronger left-hemisphere lateralization due accumulated knowledge in older versus younger adults. Laterality, 19, 705-717.
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Mashal, N, Shen, Y., Jospe, K., & Gil, D. (2014). Language effects on the conceptualization of hybrids. Language and Cognition, 6, 217-241.
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Kesner-Baruch, Y., Spector-Levy, O., & Mashal, N. (2014). Preschoolers' verbal and Behavioral responses as indicators of attitudes and scientific curiosity. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. (DOI) 10.1007/s10763-014-9573-6.
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Mashal, N., Vishne, T., & Laor, N. (2014). The role of the precuneus in metaphor comprehension: Evidence from an fMRI study in people with schizophrenia and healthy participants. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8: 818
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Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2014). Verbal creativity in autism: Comprehension and generation of metaphoric language in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and typical development. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 615.
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Shen, Y., Aharoni, B., & Mashal, N. (2015). Taxonomic and ad hoc categorization within the two cerebral hemispheres. Laterality, 20, 517-529.
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Itkes, O., & Mashal, N. (2015). Processing negative valence of word pairs that include a positive word. Cognition and Emotion, 30, 1180-1187. (
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Mashal, N., Borodkin, k., Maliniak, O., & Faust, M. (2015). Hemispheric Involvement in Native and Non-Native Comprehension of Conventional Metaphors. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 35, 96- 108.
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Lifshitz-Vahav, H., Shnitzer, S., & Mashal, N. (2015). Participation in recreation and cognitive activities as a predictor of cognitive performance of adults with/without Down syndrome. Aging and Mental Health.
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Saban- Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2015a). Hemispheric Processing of Idioms and Irony in Adults with and without Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 3496-3508.
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Saban-Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2015b). The effects of intervention on the comprehension of irony and on hemispheric processing of irony in adults with ASD. Neuropsychologia, 77, 233- 241.
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Segal, D., Mashal, N., & Shalev, C. (2015). Semantic conflicts are resolved differently by adults with and without ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 47, 416–429.
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Lifshitz Ben Basat, A., Gvion, A., Vatine, J.J., & Mashal, N. (2016). Transcranial direct current stimulation to improve naming abilities of persons with chronic aphasia: A preliminary study using individualized based protocol. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 38, 1- 13.
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Metzuyanim- Gorlick, S., & Mashal, N. (2016). The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on cognitive inhibition. Experimental Brain Research, 234, 1537-1544.
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Borodkin, k., Kenett, Y., Faust, M., & Mashal, N. (2016). When pumpkin is closer to onion than to squash: The structure of the second language lexicon. Cognition, 156, 60- 70.
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Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2016). Comprehension and Generation of Metaphors by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 32, 53- 63.
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Shnitzer-Meirovich, S., Lifshitz-Vahab, H., & Mashal, N. (2017). Comprehension of verbal and visual metaphors among individuals with intellectual disability with and without Down Syndrome. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 52(3), 252–267.
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Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2017). Comprehension and generation of metaphoric language in children, adolescents and adults with dyslexia. Dyslexia, 23, 99-118. doi: 10.1002/dys.1550.
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Segal, D., Shalev, L., & Mashal, N. (2017). Attenuated hemispheric asymmetry in metaphor processing among adults with ADHD compared to controls. Neuropsychology.
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Saban-Bezalel, Hess, S., Dolfin, D., Hermesh, H., Vishne, T., & Mashal, N. (2017). Hemispheric Processing of Idioms in Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2017.1325893.
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Osovlanski, H., & Mashal, N. (2017). The role of the Superior Temporal Gyrus in Processing Semantic and Pragmatic Information: A transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 44, 239-248.
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Saban-Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2017). Comprehension and Hemispheric Processing of Irony in Schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychology, 8: 943.
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Lifshitz Ben-Basat, A. & Mashal, N. (2018). Improving Naming Abilities Among Healthy Young-Old Adults Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 47, 113–124.
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Kasirer, A. & Mashal, N. (2018). Fluency or Similarities? Cognitive Abilities that Contribute to Creative Metaphor Generation. Creativity Research Journal, 30, 205-211.
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Saban-Bezalel, R, Coral, N., & Mashal, N. (2018). Increased Reliance on Right Hemispheric Mechanism during Idiom Processing in Adults with Dyslexia. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2018.1533023
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Shnitzer-Meirovich, S., Lifshitz-Vahab, H., & Mashal, N. (2018). Enhancing the Comprehension of Visual Metaphors in Individuals with Intellectual Disability with or without Down Syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 74, 113-123.
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Mashal, N., & Metzuyanim- Gorlick, S. (2019). New information on the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on n-back task performance. Experimental Brain Research, 237:1315-1324
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Saban-Bezalel, R., Dolfin, D. Laor, N. & Mashal, N. (2019). Irony comprehension and mentalizing ability in children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 58, 30-38.
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Saban-Bezalel, R, & Mashal, N. (2019). Different Factors Predict Idiom Comprehension in Children and Adolescents with ASD and Typical Development. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49, 4740–4750.
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Mashal, N., Yankovitz, B., & Lifshitz-Vahab, H. (2019). Lexical decision performance using the divided visual field technique following training in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2019.1642344.
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Menashe, S., Leshem, R., Heruti, V., Kasirer, A., Yair, T.,Mashal, N. (2020). Elucidating the role of selective attention, divergent thinking, language abilities, and executive functions in metaphor generation. Neuropsychologia,142.
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Yankovitz, B.,& Mashal, N. (2020). Can brain stimulation improve semantic joke comprehension? Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 32:4, 357-368.
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Kasirer, A., Adi-Japha, E., & Mashal, N. (2020). Verbal and Figural Creativity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and, Typical Development. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.559238 2| https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.559238
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Lifshitz Ben-Basat, A. & Mashal, N. (2021). Enhancing Creativity by Altering the Frontoparietal Control Network Functioning Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. Experimental Brain Research.
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Ershaid, H., Mashal, N., & Borodkin, K. (2022). Hemispheric involvement in the comprehension of conventional metaphors in Arabic–Hebrew speakers . International Journal of Bilingualism ,1–17
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Fussman, S. & Mashal, N. (2022). Initial Validation for the Assessment of Pragmatic Abilities and Cognitive Substrates (APACS) Hebrew Battery in Adolescents and Young Adults With Typical Development. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.758384
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Gaziel-Guttman, M., Anaki, D., & Mashal, N. (2022). Social anxiety and shame among young adults with ASD compared to typical adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
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Pinto, M.A., Melogno, S. & Mashal, N. (2022). Editorial: Rethinking figurative language in neurodevelopmental disorders: theoretical challenges stemming from intervention. Frontiers in Communication,
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Stephan,E., Shidlovski, D., Shanetzki,M., Agajany, K., & Mashal, N. (2022). The role of vividness of imagery in metaphor generation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1–18. DOI:10.1002/ejsp.2898
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Leshem, R., Himan Heltai, S., & Mashal, N. (2022). Personality traits and environment: The effects of observing visual art on verbal creativity. Progress in Brain Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2022.12.00
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Yankovitz, B.-e.; Kasirer, A.; Mashal, N. The Relationship between Semantic Joke and Idiom Comprehension in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 935. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/brainsci13060935.
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איילת קופמן-תלמי ונירה משעל. השפעתה של תוכנית התערבות על פיתוח יכולות שיח מתחשב, אמפתיה וויסות עצמי אצל תלמידי בית-ספר יסודי (2023). אוריינות ושפה
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Heruti, V. & Mashal, N. (2023). Effects of an Art Intervention Program Using Ambiguous Image-Text Interactions on Creative Thinking. Empirical Studies of the Arts, https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374231215736
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Kofman Talmy, A., & Mashal, N. (2023). Quantitative and qualitative initial validation of the accountable talk questionnaire. Frontiers in Communication, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1182439
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Leshem, N., & Mashal, N. (2024). What does metaphoric language say about aggression? The relationships between metaphoric language, impulsivity, and aggression. Acta Psychologica, 243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104173.
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Mashal, N, & Lellouche,N. (2024). How Do Theory of Mind and Understanding Social Situations Contribute to Idiom and Irony Comprehension in ASD? Preprint. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4683501 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.468350
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Menashe, Shai, Anaki, D., & Mashal, N. (2024) N400 modulations in metaphor evaluation and its associations with attentional systems: A behavioral and ERP study . Journal of neurolinguistics , 72, 101203
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Gaziel-Gutman, M., Anaki,D., & Mashal, N. (2024). The effect of reappraisal on the emotional regulation of shame in young adults with ASD and typical peers. Scientific Reports, 14, 19116 . | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67762-8
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Raviv, H., Mashal, N., & Peleg, O. (in press). Suppressing contextually irrelevant meanings of homophonic versus heterophonic homographs: a tDCS study targeting Broca’s area. Brain & Cognition.