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

doi:10.1007/s00221-003-1697-9

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	24-29
Number of pages	6
Journal	Experimental Brain Research
Volume	155
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-003-1697-9
Publication status	Published - Mar 2004

Keywords

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

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