Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation (cTBS) on Left Cerebellar Hemisphere Affects Mental Rotation Tasks during Music Listening

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Picazio, Silvia ^a,b   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^a,d   Koch, Giacomo ^a,c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Petrosini, Laura ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT MENTAL ROTATION TASK; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANGULAR DISPARITY INDEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBODIED MENTAL ROTATION TASK; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOZART EFFECT; MUSIC; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MUSIC; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878394816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064640     Document Type: Article

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