A conceptual lemon: Theta burst stimulation to the left anterior temporal lobe untangles object representation and its canonical color

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1066-1074

  Chiou, Rocco ^a,b   Sowman, Paul F ^a,b   Etchell, Andrew C ^a,b   Rich, Anina N ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897427650     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00536     Document Type: Article

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