Causal involvement of the left angular gyrus in higher functions as revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive technique that can transiently interfere with local cortical functioning, thus enabling inferences of causal left AG involvement in higher functions from experimentation with healthy participants. Here, we examine 35 studies that measure behavioural outcomes soon after or during targeting TMS to the left AG, by design and as documented by individual magnetic resonance images, in healthy adult participants. The reviewed evidence suggests a specific causal involvement of the left AG in a wide range of tasks involving language, memory, number processing, visuospatial attention, body awareness and motor planning functions. These core findings are particularly valuable to inform theoretical models of the left AG role(s) in higher functio

SUBMITTER: Wagner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9813212 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature