The anodal tDCS over the left posterior parietal cortex enhances attention toward a focus word in a sentence

The anodal tDCS over the left posterior parietal cortex enhances attention toward a focus word in a sentence

The posterior parietal cortex (PPC) has two attentional functions: top-down attentional control and stimulus-driven attentional processing. Using the focused version of the reading span test (RST), in which the target word to be remembered is the critical word for comprehending a sentence (focused w...

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Main Authors: Takehiro eMinamoto, Miyuki eAzuma, Ken eYaoi, Aoi eAshizuka, Tatsuya eMima, Mariko eOsaka, Hidenao eFukuyama, Naoyuki eOsaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Attention
working memory
Posterior parietal cortex
tDCS
reading span test
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00992/full

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