“…Normatively, the left hemisphere is important for accessing dominant meanings of words and the right hemisphere facilitates access to remote meanings (Abdullaev & Posner, 1997). Individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum characteristics rely more on right-hemisphere and less on left-hemisphere language functions than is typical (e.g., Grimshaw, Bryson, Atchley & Humphrey, 2010; Kostova, de Loye, & Blanchet, 2011; Pizzagalli et al, 2001; Taylor et al, 2002), which may lead to increased access to remote meanings and/or using semantic information in an inappropriate or unusual context (Fisher et al, 2004). Right-hemisphere activity in schizotypy has also been associated with enhanced creativity domains, such as divergent (Folley & Park, 2005) and convergent thinking (Weinstein & Graves, 2002), suggesting that schizotypy is associated with hemispheric differences in the use of semantic information.…”