title: Disturbances of self-other distinction after stimulation of the extrastriate body area in the human brain.
abstract: In a recent experiment with functional magnetic-resonance imaging, we found that brain activity in the extrastriate body area (EBA) distinguished between observed self- and other-generated movements, being significantly higher during observation of someone else's movement. Here, we investigated further the role of EBA in self-other distinctions using low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). As compared with rTMS applied over a control site, rTMS applied over the EBA increased reaction times, without affecting accuracy, for the detection of other-generated movements. Performance on a control motion-direction detection task was unaffected. These findings provide additional evidence for the role of the EBA in processing information necessary for identifying ourselves as agents of self-generated movements.
authors.affiliation: University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. ndavid@uke.de
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Marije
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Michael X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osswald
authors.forename: Istvan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Molnar-Szakacs
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Newen
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vogeley
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult