Evidence for a social function of the anterior temporal lobes: Low-frequency rTMS reduces implicit gender stereotypes

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-104

  Wong, Cara L ^a   Harris, Justin A ^a   Gallate, Jason E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobe; rTMS; Semantic cognition; Social cognition; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855473248     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.582145     Document Type: Article

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