Neuropsychology of selective attention and magnetic cortical stimulation

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 83-89

  Sabatino, Michele ^a   Di Nuovo, Santo ^a   Sardo, Pierangelo ^a   Abbate, Costanza Scaffidi ^a   La Grutta, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barrage test; Magnetic cortical stimulation; Pre frontal area; Selective attention; Temporal lobe; Verbal test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029975225     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8760(96)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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