Global perception depends on coherent work of bilateral visual cortices: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-565

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Han, ShiHui ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound stimulus; Global perception; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547152032     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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