TY - JOUR
T1 - Transcranial magnetic stimulation to right parietal cortex modifies the attentional blink
AU - Cooper, Adam C.G.
AU - Humphreys, Glyn W.
AU - Hulleman, J.
AU - Praamstra, Peter
AU - Georgeson, Mark A.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - attentional blink
KW - posterior parietal cortex
KW - right parietal cortex
KW - right posterior parietal cortex
KW - transcranial magnetic stimulation
KW - visual stimuli
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U2 - 10.1007/s00221-003-1697-9
DO - 10.1007/s00221-003-1697-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 15064881
SN - 0014-4819
VL - 155
SP - 24
EP - 29
JO - Experimental Brain Research
JF - Experimental Brain Research
IS - 1
ER -