Transcranial direct current stimulation over posterior parietal cortex modulates visuospatial localization

Journal of Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Wright, Jessica M ^a   Krekelberg, Bart ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interhemispheric competition; Position perception; Spatial attention; Transcranial electrical stimulation; Visual localization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC COMPETITION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL ATTENTION; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INTERHEMISPHERIC COMPETITION; POSITION PERCEPTION; SPATIAL ATTENTION; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; VISUAL LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906098766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/14.9.5     Document Type: Article

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