Table 4 The average amplitudes of N400 for simile, metaphor, analogy, and landscape (standard deviation of the mean in parentheses) (unit: μV)

2.19

2.20

2.44

1.10

0.98

1.31

1.70

(3.87)

(3.98)

(3.91)

(1.95)

(2.26)

(1.99)

(2.99)

1.37

1.40

1.28

0.93

0.80

0.69

1.08

(2.71)

(2.80)

(2.52)

(1.74)

(1.86)

(1.68)

(2.22)

2.29

2.36

2.62

1.33

1.42

1.26

1.88

(3.18)

(3.16)

(3.28)

(1.99)

(2.22)

(2.06)

(2.65)

1.57

1.79

2.39

0.54

0.69

1.40

1.40

(2.73)

(2.77)

(2.97)

(1.80)

(1.95)

(1.72)

(2.32)