Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex impairs theory of mind learning

European Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-289

  Lev Ran, S ^a   Shamay Tsoory, S G ^b   Zangen, A ^c   Levkovitz, Y ^a  

^a SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Empathy; Learning; Social cognition; Theory of mind; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; THEORY OF MIND; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84860338490     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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