Timing spatial conflict within the parietal cortex: A TMS study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3998-4007

  Schiff, Sami ^a   Bardi, Lara ^a   Basso, Demis ^a   Mapelli, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIMON TASK; SPATIAL CONFLICT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMING SPATIAL CONFLICT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055113809     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00080     Document Type: Article

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