Transfer of cognitive training across magnitude dimensions achieved with concurrent brain stimulation of the parietal lobe

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 14899-14907

  Cappelletti, Marinella ^a   Gessaroli, Erica ^b   Hithersay, Rosalyn ^a   Mitolo, Micaela ^c   Didino, Daniele ^d   Kanai, Ryota ^a   Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^e   Walsh, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883673214     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1692-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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