Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the prefrontal cortex impairs metacognitive visual awareness
Journal of Vision June 4, 2010 Brian Maniscalco, Elisabeth Rounis, John C. Rothwell et al. 47 citations
Introduction Current theories suggest that prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays an important role in visual awareness (Dehaene 2003). This hypothesis has been supported by a number of brain imaging studies (Rees 2002). However, critics have challenged that there has been a lack of neuropsychological demonstration of the essential role of PFC in visual awareness: PFC damage does not seem to result in...