Parietal magnetic stimulation delays visuomotor mental rotation at increased processing demands

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1512-1520

  Bestmann, S ^a   Thilo, K V ^b   Sauner, D ^c   Siebner, H R ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental rotation; Parietal cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visuomotor mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

EID: 0036431980     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1266     Document Type: Article

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