Novel 'hunting' method using transcranial magnetic stimulation over parietal cortex disrupts visuospatial sensitivity in relation to motor thresholds

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3152-3161

  Oliver, R ^a   Bjoertomt, O ^b   Driver, J ^b   Greenwood, R ^c   Rothwell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Motor threshold; Parietal cortex; Perception; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350423549     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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