The role of the right parietal cortex in sound localization: A chronometric single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2794-2797

  At, Ayse ^a   Spierer, Lucas ^a   Clarke, Stephanie ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory; Localization; Parietal cortex; Single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; SINGLE PULSE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960197948     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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