Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the prefrontal cortex impairs metacognitive visual awareness.

We used a recently developed protocol of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), theta-burst stimulation, to bilaterally depress activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as subjects performed a visual discrimination task. We found that TMS impaired subjects' ability to discriminate betwe...

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Main Authors: Rounis, E, Maniscalco, B, Rothwell, J, Passingham, R, Lau, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010