Alpha stimulation of the human parietal cortex attunes tactile perception to external space

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-332

  Ruzzoli, Manuela ^a   Soto Faraco, Salvador ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895070475     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.029     Document Type: Article

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