Cerebellar contribution to mental rotation: A cTBS study

Cerebellum

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 856-861

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allocentric egocentric strategy; Cerebellum; CTBS; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT MENTAL ROTATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBODIED MENTAL ROTATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892446374     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-013-0494-7     Document Type: Article

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