Lavidor Michal, Walsh Vincent
University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK.
Brain Lang. 2004 Mar;88(3):331-8. doi: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00167-6.
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.
左右视野分别投射到对侧大脑半球，但两个半视野沿垂直子午线的功能重叠程度仍存在争议。在介绍了经颅磁刺激（TMS）的空间、时间和功能特性后，我们表明TMS特别适合研究中央凹表征问题，因为它能让人研究选择性破坏左半球或右半球功能对中央呈现刺激处理的影响。本文还提出了在视觉单词识别进一步测试中使用TMS的未来策略。
