The perceived position of moving objects: Transcranial magnetic stimulation of area MT+ reduces the flash-lag effect

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-247

  Maus, Gerrit W ^a,b   Ward, Jamie ^c   Nijhawan, Romi ^c   Whitney, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flash lag effect; moving objects; MT+; perceived position; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; FLASH LAG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870804783     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs021     Document Type: Article

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