Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Neurochronometrics Of Mind (bradford Books)
by Alvaro Pascual-Leone /
2003 / English / PDF
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The mainstays of brain imaging techniques have been positron
emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and event-related
potentials (ERPs). These methods all record direct or indirect
measures of brain activity and correlate the activity patterns
with behavior. But to go beyond the correlations established by
these techniques and prove the necessity of an area for a given
function, cognitive neuroscientists need to be able to reverse
engineer the brain -- i.e., to selectively remove components from
information processing and assess their impact on the output.
The mainstays of brain imaging techniques have been positron
emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and event-related
potentials (ERPs). These methods all record direct or indirect
measures of brain activity and correlate the activity patterns
with behavior. But to go beyond the correlations established by
these techniques and prove the necessity of an area for a given
function, cognitive neuroscientists need to be able to reverse
engineer the brain -- i.e., to selectively remove components from
information processing and assess their impact on the output.
This book is about transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a
technique that emerged during the same period as neuroimaging and
has made it possible to reverse engineer the human brain's role
in behavioral and cognitive functions. The subject areas that can
be studied using TMS run the gamut of cognitive psychology --
attention, perception, awareness, eye movements, action
selection, memory, plasticity, language, numeracy, and priming.
The book presents an overview of historical attempts at magnetic
brain stimulation, ethical considerations of the technique's use,
basic technical and practical information, the results of
numerous TMS studies, and a discussion of the future of TMS in
the armamentarium of cognitive neuropsychology.
This book is about transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a
technique that emerged during the same period as neuroimaging and
has made it possible to reverse engineer the human brain's role
in behavioral and cognitive functions. The subject areas that can
be studied using TMS run the gamut of cognitive psychology --
attention, perception, awareness, eye movements, action
selection, memory, plasticity, language, numeracy, and priming.
The book presents an overview of historical attempts at magnetic
brain stimulation, ethical considerations of the technique's use,
basic technical and practical information, the results of
numerous TMS studies, and a discussion of the future of TMS in
the armamentarium of cognitive neuropsychology.