Role of the prefrontal cortex in the foreperiod effect: TMS evidence for dual mechanisms in temporal preparation

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 466-474

  Vallesi, Antonino ^a   Shallice, Tim ^a,b   Walsh, Vincent ^b,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal; Implicit temporal processing; Sequential effects; Theta burst; Variable foreperiod

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33846004163     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj163     Document Type: Article

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