Why the assessment of causality in brain-behavior relations requires brain stimulation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 775-777

  Silvanto, Juha ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857518600     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00193     Document Type: Article

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