Eugene Ruby

On a 'failed' attempt to manipulate visual metacognition with transcranial magnetic stimulation to prefrontal cortex.

Consciousness and Cognition July 2018 Eugene Ruby, Brian Maniscalco, Megan A. K. Peters

Rounis, Maniscalco, Rothwell, Passingham, and Lau (2010) reported that stimulation of prefrontal cortex impairs visual metacognition. Bor, Schwartzman, Barrett, and Seth (2017) attempted to replicate this result, but adopted an experimental design that reduced their chanceof obtaining positive findings. Despite that, their results appeared initially consistent with those of Rounis et al., but...