Transcranial magnetic stimulation to right parietal cortex modifies the attentional blink.
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.
Cooper
Adam C G
AC
Behavioural Brain Sciences, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK.
Humphreys
Glyn W
GW
Hulleman
Johan
J
Praamstra
Peter
P
Georgeson
Mark
M
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*