Self-enhancement processing in the default network: A single-pulse TMS study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-187

  Luber, Bruce ^a,b   Lou, Hans C ^c   Keenan, Julian P ^d   Lisanby, Sarah H ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Default network; Medial prefrontal; Parietal cortex; Self; Self enhancement; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; CHARACTER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84871263044     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3249-7     Document Type: Article

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