Studies in Cognition: The Problems Solved and Created by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 948-960

  Robertson, E M ^a   Theoret H ^a   Pascual Leone, A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COGNITION; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0142088740     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903770007344     Document Type: Article

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