Direct current stimulation (tDCS) reveals parietal asymmetry in local/global and salience-based selection

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 850-860

  Bardi, Lara ^a   Kanai, Ryota ^b   Mapelli, Daniela ^a   Walsh, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemispheric asymmetries; Local global task; TDCS; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84875252721     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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