The role of the angular gyrus in the modulation of visuospatial attention by the mental number line

NeuroImage

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 563-568

  Cattaneo, Zaira ^a,b   Silvanto, Juha ^b,c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b   Battelli, Lorella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Plasticity and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Line bisection; Mental number line; Numerical cognition; Priming; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 56349134421     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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