Uncovering multisensory processing through non-invasive brain stimulation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b   Maravita, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Audition; Brain; Multisensory processing; tDCS; TMS; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859082000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00046     Document Type: Review

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