Null results in TMS: From absence of evidence to evidence of absence

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 871-877

  De Graaf, T A ^a   Sack, A T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Evidence; Interpretation; Meaningful; Methodology; Neuroimaging; Null results; TMS

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78649903974     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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