Transcranial magnetic stimulation to right parietal cortex modifies the attentional blink

Adam C.G. Cooper, Glyn W. Humphreys*, J. Hulleman, Peter Praamstra, Mark A. Georgeson

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Abstract

The 'attentional blink' (AB) reflects a limitation in the ability to identify multiple items in a stream of rapidly presented information. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), applied to a site over the right posterior parietal cortex, reduced the magnitude of the AB to visual stimuli, whilst no effect of rTMS was found when stimulation took place at a control site. The data confirm that the posterior parietal cortex may play a critical role in temporal as well as spatial aspects of visual attention.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)24-29
Number of pages6
JournalExperimental Brain Research
Volume155
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2004

Keywords

  • attentional blink
  • posterior parietal cortex
  • right parietal cortex
  • right posterior parietal cortex
  • transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • visual stimuli

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