Continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) over the lateral prefrontal cortex alters reinforcement learning bias

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 617-623

  Ott, Derek V M ^a,e   Ullsperger, Markus ^b,c   Jocham, Gerhard ^b,d   Neumann, Jane ^a,e   Klein, Tilmann A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous theta burst stimulation; Endogenous dopamine release; Prefrontal cortex; Reinforcement learning; Reward and punishment sensitivity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958704890     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.04.038     Document Type: Article

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