Differential effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation of left and right posterior parietal cortex on mental rotation tasks

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 750-754

  Feredoes, Eva A ^a,b,c   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enantiomorphs; Posterior parietal; Shepard Metzler; TMS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33746117986     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70413-1     Document Type: Article

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