The role of parietal cortex in global/local processing of hierarchical stimuli: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1921-1924

  Qin, Jungang ^a   Han, Shihui ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound stimulus; Global local; Parietal cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 36248948440     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f1c9d2     Document Type: Article

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