Surround inhibition is modulated by task difficulty

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-103

  Beck, S ^a,b   Hallett, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Reaction time task; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SURROUND INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 73449100425     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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