Abstract
The right and left visual fields each project to the contralateral cerebral hemispheres, but the extent of the functional overlap of the two hemifields along the vertical meridian is still under debate. After presenting the spatial, temporal, and functional specifications of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), we show that TMS is particularly suitable to study the question of foveal representation as it allows one to study the effects of selective disruption of left or right hemisphere functions on the processing of centrally presented stimuli. Future strategies for the use of TMS in further tests of visual word recognition are suggested.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 331-338 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Brain and Language |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by research grants from the Royal Society and the BBSRC, and equipment grants from The Wellcome Trust awarded to M. Lavidor and the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL.
Funding
This study was supported by research grants from the Royal Society and the BBSRC, and equipment grants from The Wellcome Trust awarded to M. Lavidor and the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience | |
| Wellcome Trust | |
| Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | |
| Royal Society | |
| University College London |
Keywords
- Occipital cortex
- Split fovea
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Vertical meridian
- Visual fields
- Visual word recognition