Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom; email:
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Annu Rev Psychol. 2021 Jan 4;72:97-121. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-081120-013144. Epub 2020 Oct 23.
The development of the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in the study of psychological functions has entered a new phase of sophistication. This is largely due to an increasing physiological knowledge of its effects and to its being used in combination with other experimental techniques. This review presents the current state of our understanding of the mechanisms of TMS in the context of designing and interpreting psychological experiments. We discuss the major conceptual advances in behavioral studies using TMS. There are meaningful physiological and technical achievements to review, as well as a wealth of new perceptual and cognitive experiments. In doing so we summarize the different uses and challenges of TMS in mental chronometry, perception, awareness, learning, and memory.
经颅磁刺激（TMS）在心理功能研究中的应用发展已经进入了一个新阶段。这主要是由于对其作用的生理学知识不断增加，以及与其他实验技术结合使用的结果。本综述介绍了我们在设计和解释心理实验时对 TMS 机制的理解现状。我们讨论了使用 TMS 进行行为研究的主要概念进展。这里有意义的生理和技术成就值得回顾，还有大量新的感知和认知实验。在这样做的过程中，我们总结了 TMS 在心理计时学、感知、意识、学习和记忆方面的不同用途和挑战。
