Parietal lobe contribution to mental rotation demonstrated with rTMS

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-323

  Harris, Irina M ^a,c   Miniussi, Carlo ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037391128     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903321593054     Document Type: Article

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