Causal implication by rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation of alpha frequency in feature-based local vs. global attention

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 968-974

  Romei, Vincenzo ^a,b   Thut, Gregor ^c   Mok, Robert M ^a,b   Schyns, Philippe G ^c   Driver, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Brain oscillations; Entrainment; Featural attention; Rhythmic TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858865026     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08020.x     Document Type: Article

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