TMS in the parietal cortex: updating representations for attention and action.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is one of the most recent techniques to have been used in investigations of the parietal cortex but already a number of studies have employed it as a tool in investigations of attentional and sensorimotor processes in the human parietal cortices. The high temporal resolution of TMS has proved to be a particular strength of the technique and the experiments have led to hypotheses about when circumscribed regions of parietal cortex are critical for specific attentional and sensorimotor processes. A consistent theme that runs through many reports is that of a critical contribution of parietal areas when attention or movements are re-directed and representations for attention or action must be updated.
Rushworth
M F S
MF
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, United Kingdom. matthew.rushworth@psy.ox.ac.uk
Taylor
P C J
PC
D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology