TMS over the left angular gyrus impairs the ability to discriminate left from right

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-33

  Hirnstein, Marco ^a   Bayer, Ulrike ^a   Ellison, Amanda ^a   Hausmann, Markus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular gyrus; Hemispheric asymmetry; Left right confusion; Sex differences; TMS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANGULAR GYRUS; LEFT RIGHT DISCRIMINATION IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650221922     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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