Conscious and unconscious face recognition is improved by high-frequency rTMS on pre-motor cortex

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 771-778

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Bortolotti, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conscious; Emotions; Facial expressions; Premotor area; RTMS; Unconscious; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84878437270     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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