Neuromodulation of multisensory perception: A tDCS study of the sound-induced flash illusion

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-237

  Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b   Rossetti, Angela ^a   Casati, Carlotta ^a,b   Mancini, Flavia ^a,b   Vallar, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory; Multisensory processing; Neuromodulation; Perceptual illusion; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL ILLUSION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; POLARIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650923567     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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