Involvement of the parietal cortex in perceptual learning (Eureka effect): An interference approach using rTMS

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1807-1812

  Giovannelli, Fabio ^a,b   Silingardi, Davide ^c   Borgheresi, Alessandra ^b   Feurra, Matteo ^a   Amati, Gianluca ^a   Pizzorusso, Tommaso ^a,c   Viggiano, Maria Pia ^a   Zaccara, Gaetano ^b   Berardi, Nicoletta ^a,c   Cincotta, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eureka effect; Intraparietal sulcus; Parietal cortex; Perceptual learning; RTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952545845     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.02.031     Document Type: Article

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