Corticomotor responses to attentionally demanding motor performance: A mini-review

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Corp, Daniel T ^a   Drury, Hannah G K ^a   Young, Kayleigh ^a   Do, Michael ^a   Perkins, Tom ^a   Pearce, Alan J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; cmini review; Cmotor cortex; Dual task; Inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878778503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00165     Document Type: Short Survey

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