Right hemisphere occipital rTMS impairs working memory in visualizers but not in verbalizers

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-401265
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.40126

Hilbert, Sven ; McAssey, Michaela ; Bühner, Markus ; Schwaferts, Patrick ; Gruber, Monika ; Goerigk, Stephan ; Taylor, Paul Christopher John

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Abstract

Distinguishing between verbal and visual working memory processes is complicated by the fact that the strategy used is hard to control or even assess. Many stimuli used in working memory tasks can be processed via verbal or visual coding, such as the digits in the digit span backwards task (DSB). The present study used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to examine the use of ...