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2026

Menashe, S., Mashal, N., & Anaki, D. (2026). Electrophysiological and Behavioral Correlates of Global and Local Digits Processing. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000373

2025

Heruti, V., & Mashal, N. (2025). Effects of an Art Intervention Program Using Ambiguous Image-Text Interactions on Creative Thinking. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 43(1), 135-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374231215736
Raviv, H., Mashal, N., & Meiron, O. (2025). Long-term effects of bifrontal transcranial alternating current stimulation on verbal working memory and episodic memory in young healthy adults. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 44878. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-29148-2
Lifshitz-Ben-Basat, A., Fostick, L., & Mashal, N. (2025). A Selective Effect of Partial Sleep Deprivation on Metaphor Generation Among Healthy Young Adults. Journal of Sleep Research, Article e70139. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.70139

2024

Leshem, R., & Mashal, N. (2024). What does metaphoric language say about aggression? The relationships between metaphoric language, impulsivity, and aggression. Acta Psychologica, 243, Article 104173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104173
Gaziel-Guttman, 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(1), Article 19116. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67762-8
Raviv, H., Mashal, N., & Peleg, O. (2024). Suppressing contextually irrelevant meanings of homophonic versus heterophonic homographs: A tDCS study targeting LIFG. Brain and Cognition, 181, Article 106212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106212
Mashal, N., & Lellouche, N. (2024). How Does Understanding of Social Situations and Other’s Intention Contribute to Idiom and Irony Comprehension in Autism Spectrum Disorder? Brain Sciences, 14(10), Article 1034. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14101034
Menashe, S., Mashal, N., & Anaki, D. (2024). N400 modulations in metaphor evaluation and its associations with attentional systems: A behavioral and ERP study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 72, Article 101203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2024.101203
Mashal, N., & Gankin, R. (2024). Dyslexia: Theories and brain-based interventions. In G. Bennet, & E. Goodall (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability (pp. 1-9). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40858-8_195-1

2023

קופמן תלמי, א., & משעל, נ. (2023). השפעתה של תוכנית התערבות על פיתוח יכולות שיח מתחשב, אמפתיה וויסות עצמי אצל תלמידי בית-ספר יסודי. אוריינות ושפה, 10, 101-124. http://scriptil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Koffman-Mashal-2023.pdf
Kofman Talmy, A., & Mashal, N. (2023). Quantitative and qualitative initial validation of the accountable talk questionnaire. Frontiers in Communication, 8, Article 1182439. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1182439
Stephan, E., Shidlovski, D., Shanetzki, M., Agajany, K., & Mashal, N. (2023). The role of vividness of imagery in metaphor generation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(1), 212-229. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2898
Yankovitz, B. E., Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2023). The Relationship between Semantic Joke and Idiom Comprehension in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain Sciences, 13(6), Article 935. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060935
Gaziel-Guttman, M., Anaki, D., & Mashal, N. (2023). Social Anxiety and Shame Among Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Compared to Typical Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(6), 2490-2498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05526-x
Leshem, R., Himan Heltai, S., & Mashal, N. (2023). Personality traits and environment: The effects of observing visual art on verbal creativity. In T. D. Ben-Soussan, J. Glicksohn, J. Glicksohn, & N. Srinivasan (Eds.), Neurophysiology of Silence Part A: Empirical Studies (pp. 85-108). (Progress in Brain Research; Vol. 277). Elsevier B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2022.12.006

2022

Ershaid, H., Mashal, N., & Borodkin, K. (2022). Hemispheric involvement in the comprehension of conventional metaphors in Arabic–Hebrew speakers. International Journal of Bilingualism, 26(3), 351-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069211057634
Melogno, S., Pinto, M. A., & Mashal, N. (2022). Editorial: Rethinking figurative language in neurodevelopmental disorders: Theoretical challenges stemming from intervention. Frontiers in Communication, 7, Article 971995. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.971995

2021

Fussman, S., & Mashal, N. (2021). 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, 6, Article 758384. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.758384
Lifshitz-Ben-Basat, A., & Mashal, N. (2021). Enhancing creativity by altering the frontoparietal control network functioning using transcranial direct current stimulation. Experimental Brain Research, 239(2), 613-626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-06023-2

2020

Kasirer, A., Adi-Japha, E., & Mashal, N. (2020). Verbal and Figural Creativity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 559238. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.559238
Mashal, N., Yankovitz, B. E., & Lifshitz, H. (2020). Lexical decision performance using the divided visual field technique following training in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome. Laterality, 25(2), 177-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2019.1642344
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, Article 107458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107458
Yankovitz, B. E., & Mashal, N. (2020). Can brain stimulation improve semantic joke comprehension? Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 32(4), 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2020.1756832

2019

Saban-Bezalel, R., Coral, N., & Mashal, N. (2019). Increased reliance on a right hemispheric mechanism during idiom processing in adults with dyslexia. Laterality, 24(4), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2018.1533023
Mashal, N., & Metzuyanim-Gorelick, S. (2019). New information on the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on n-back task performance. Experimental Brain Research, 237(5), 1315-1327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-019-05500-7
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(12), 4740-4750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04193-9
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2018.11.006

2018

Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2018). Fluency or Similarities? Cognitive Abilities that Contribute to Creative Metaphor Generation. Creativity Research Journal, 30(2), 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1446747
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(1), 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-017-9516-9
Saban-Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2018). Figurative language comprehension and laterality in autism spectrum disorder. In The Cambridge Handbook of the Neuroscience of Creativity (pp. 281-296). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316556238.017
Shnitzer-Meirovich, S., Lifshitz, 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2018.01.010

2017

Saban-Bezalel, R., 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, 29(7), 809-820. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2017.1325893
Saban-Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2017). Comprehension and hemispheric processing of irony in schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(JUN), Article 943. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00943
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. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26420398
Osovlanski, H., & Mashal, N. (2017). The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on pragmatic processing. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 44, 239-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2017.07.002
Segal, D., Shalev, L., & Mashal, N. (2017). Attenuated hemispheric asymmetry in metaphor processing among adults with ADHD. Neuropsychology, 31(6), 636-647. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000370
Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2017). Comprehension and Generation of Metaphoric Language in Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Dyslexia. Dyslexia, 23(2), 99-118. https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1550

2016

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2015.09.004
Itkes, O., & Mashal, N. (2016). Processing negative valence of word pairs that include a positive word. Cognition and Emotion, 30(6), 1180-1187. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1039934
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(6), 1537-1544. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-016-4560-5
Kesner Baruch, Y., Spektor-Levy, O., & Mashal, N. (2016). PRE-SCHOOLERS’ VERBAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES AS INDICATORS OF ATTITUDES AND SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 14(1), 125-148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-014-9573-6
Borodkin, K., Kenett, Y. N., 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2016.07.014
Sharir, T., Mashal, N., & Mevarech, Z. R. (2016). The effects on Spontaneous Recognition of Mathematical Structures conference. Paper presented at 2016 EARLI SIG 5, Porto, Portugal.
Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2016). Comprehension and generation of metaphors by children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 32, 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.08.003
Saban-Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2016). The effects of intervention on the comprehension of irony and on hemispheric processing of irony in adults with ASD. Paper presented at The Collaborative Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (CCLLL), Barcelona, Spain.
Lifshitz-Vahav, H., Shnitzer, S., & Mashal, N. (2016). Participation in recreation and cognitive activities as a predictor of cognitive performance of adults with/without Down syndrome. Aging and Mental Health, 20(9), 955-964. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2015.1047322

2015

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2015.04.001
Mashal, N., Saban-Bezalel, R., Hess, S., Dolfin, D., & Hermesh, H. (2015). Hemispheric Processing of Idioms in Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Paper presented at The 15th conference of the Israeli Psychiatric Association, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Saban-Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2015). Hemispheric Processing of Idioms and Irony in Adults With and Without Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(11), 3496-3508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2496-4
Segal, D., Shalev-Mevorach, L., & Mashal, N. (2015). Attenuated hemispheric specialization in metaphor processing among adults with ADHD. Paper presented at Second Conference on Cognition Research of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology, Akko, Israel.
Shen, Y., Aharoni, B. E., & Mashal, N. (2015). Taxonomic and ad hoc categorization within the two cerebral hemispheres. Laterality, 20(5), 517-529. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2015.1006235
Saban-Bezalel, R., & Mashal, N. (2015). The effects of intervention on the comprehension of irony and on hemispheric processing of irony in adults with ASD. Neuropsychologia, 77, 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.09.004
Segal, D., Mashal, N., & Shalev, L. (2015). Semantic conflicts are resolved differently by adults with and without ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 47, 416-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2015.09.024

2014

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(AUG), Article 615. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00615
Mashal, N., & Shen, Y. (2014). Erratum to Element Order in Metaphorical and Literal Phrases (Metaphor and Symbol, 29, 2, 10.1080/10926488.2014.889990). Metaphor and Symbol, 29(3), 255. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2014.935131
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(OCT), Article 818. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00818
Kavé, G., Gavrieli, R., & Mashal, N. (2014). Stronger left-hemisphere lateralization in older versus younger adults while processing conventional metaphors. Paper presented at Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, United States.
Mashal, N., Borodkin, K., Maliniak, O., & Faust, M. (2014). Hemispheric Involvement in Native and Non-Native Comprehension of Conventional Metaphors. Paper presented at Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Rabichev, S., Kreinin, A., Mashal, N., & Pinhasov, A. (2014). Physiological device for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment. Paper presented at Stress, PTSD and Psychiatric Disorders: From Basic Science to Theraputic Intervention, Rehovot, Israel.
Sharir, T., Mashal, N., & Mevarech, Z. (2014). To what extent can young children focus spontaneously on mathematical structures?. Paper presented at EARLI SIG 5 Conference, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Mashal, N., & Coblentz, S. (2014). Creative Interpretations of Novel Conceptual Combinations in Aging. Creativity Research Journal, 26(2), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2014.901071
Mashal, N., & Itkes, O. (2014). The effects of emotional valence on hemispheric processing of metaphoric word pairs. Laterality, 19(5), 511-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2013.862539
Kavé, G., Gavrieli, R., & Mashal, N. (2014). Stronger left-hemisphere lateralization in older versus younger adults while processing conventional metaphors. Laterality, 19(6), 705-717. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2014.905584
Mashal, N. (2014). The Role of Working Memory in the Comprehension of Unfamiliar and Familiar Metaphors. Language and Cognition, 5(4), 409-436. https://doi.org/10.1515/langcog-2013-0024
Mashal, N., Shen, Y., & Kastel, D. (2014). Element Order in Metaphorical and Literal Phrases. Metaphor and Symbol, 29(2), 113-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2014.889990
Mashal, N., & Metzuyanim, S. (2014). Can brain stimulation improve metaphoric comprehension?. Paper presented at The Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Mashal, N., Shen, Y., Jospe, K., & Gil, D. (2014). Language Effects on the Conceptualization of Hybrids. Language and Cognition, 6(2), 217-241. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2014.6
Segal, D., Mashal, N., & Lilach, S.-M. (2014). Semantic conflict resolution abilities among adults with and without ADHD. Paper presented at Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Mashal, N., & Franko, Z. (2014). When a Metaphor is a Spiral Ladder- Brain Basis for Metaphors of Biology as Increasing Motivational Learning. Paper presented at European Researches In Didactics Of Biology – ERIDOB 2014, Haifa, Israel.

2013

Mashal, N. (2013). Nonliteral comprehension deficits in children with learning disabilities: Implication of brain imaging technology. In A. Shamir, & O. Korat (Eds.), Technology as a Support for Literacy Achievements for Children at Risk (pp. 211-219). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5119-4_14
Mashal, N., & Kasirer, A. (2013). Verbal and Visual Metaphor Comprehension in Autism. In V. B. Patel, V. R. Preedy, & C. R. Martin (Eds.), The Comprehensive Guide to Autism (pp. 651-670). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4788-7
Mashal, N. (2013). Language production: studies in dyslexia, aphasia, autism, and intellectual disabilities. Paper presented at Meeting of the Israel association of language and literacy, Kiryat-Ono, Israel.
Kesner Baruch, Y., Spektor-Levy, O., & Mashal, N. (2013). Preschoolers Metaphors Generation during Scientific Engagement as Indicator of Curiosity & Attitude. Paper presented at 15th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Munich, Germany.
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(1), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2012.11.012
Subramaniam, K., Beeman, M., Faust, M., & Mashal, N. (2013). Positively valenced stimuli facilitate creative novel metaphoric processes by enhancing medial prefrontal cortical activation. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 211. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00211
Mashal, N. (2013). Forming novel semantic relations in special populations and the normal brain. Paper presented at The Creating Mind: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Basat, A. L. B., Gvion, A., Vatine, J. J., & Mashal, N. (2013). Transcranial direct current stimulation to improve naming abilities of persons with chronic aphasia: An individualized based protocol. Paper presented at Neural Plasticity and cognitive modifiability, Jerusalem, Israel.
Kesner, Y., Mashal, N., & Spector-Levi, O. (2013). Preschoolers' Metaphors Generation during Scientific Engagement as Indicator of Curiosity & Attitude. Paper presented at EARLI 2013, Munich, Germany.
Mashal, N. (2013). Cognition and emotion. Paper presented at Cognitive education, modifiability, learning, and the brain, Ramat Gan, Israel.

2012

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. Neuropsychologia, 50(12), 2705-2719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.07.020
Mashal, N., Solodkin, A., Dick, A. S., Elinor Chen, E., & Small, S. L. (2012). A network model of observation and imitation of speech. Frontiers in Psychology, 3(MAR), Article Article 84. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00084
Mashal, N., Andric, M., & Small, S. (2012). Motor and Nonmotor Language Representations in the Brain. In The Handbook of the Neuropsychology of Language (Vol. 1, pp. 276-293). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118432501.ch14
Basat, A. L. B., Gvion, A., Vatine, J.-J., & Mashal, N. (2012). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to improve naming in patients with chronic Aphasia. Paper presented at 42 annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience (SFN), New-Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Kavé, G., & Mashal, N. (2012). Age-related differences in word-retrieval but not in meaning generation. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 19(4), 515-529. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2011.638975
Mashal, N., & Kasirer, A. (2012). The relationship between visual metaphor comprehension and recognition of similarities in children with learning disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(6), 1741-1748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.04.015
Mashal, N. (2012). Lexical processes. Paper presented at Meeting of the Israel association of language and literacy, Kiryat-Ono, Israel.
Mashal, N., & Kasirer, A. (2012). Principal component analysis study of visual and verbal metaphoric comprehension in children with autism and learning disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(1), 274-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2011.09.010

2011

Mashal, N. (2011). An investigation of the neural correlates of forming novel semantic relations. Paper presented at International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology. IACEP 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Mashal, N., & Kasirer, A. (2011). Thinking maps enhance metaphoric competence in children with autism and learning disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32(6), 2045-2054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2011.08.012
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2011.575202
Mashal, N., & Subramaniam, K. (2011). Novel metaphor comprehension: Insights from special populations and the healthy brain. Paper presented at The 10th International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, San-Sabastian, Spain.

2010

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926480903538464

2009

Mashal, N., Faust, M., Hendler, T., & Jung-Beeman, M. (2009). An fMRI study of processing novel metaphoric sentences. Laterality, 14(1), 30-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576500802049433
Mashal, N., & Faust, M. (2009). Conventionalisation of novel metaphors: A shift in hemispheric asymmetry. Laterality, 14(6), 573-589. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576500902734645

2008

Mashal, N., & Faust, M. (2008). Right hemisphere sensitivity to novel metaphoric relations: Application of the signal detection theory. Brain and Language, 104(2), 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2007.02.005
Pobric, G., Mashal, N., Faust, M., & Lavidor, M. (2008). The role of the right cerebral hemisphere in processing novel metaphoric expressions: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(1), 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2008.20005
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.
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(7), 848-860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2007.04.004

2007

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(2), 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2005.10.005
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(4), 860-870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.08.010

2005

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(14), 2084-2100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.03.019

1998

Hershkowitz, D., & Mashal, N. (1998). Pα-matrices and lyapunov scalar stability. Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, 4, 39-47.