摘要：Studies reveal the importance of verbal short-term memory (STM) to understanding the language problems inaphasia (Martin & Reilly, 2012). STM can be divided into two processes: memory for serial order and memory foritem identity e.g. learning a sequence of random digits requires memory of the serial order of the digits as well asthe identity of the digits. Brain imaging studies show these two processes have different neural loci (Majerus, et al.2006). Our aim was to test whether disrupting left and right intra-parietal sulcus (IPS) with Transcranial MagneticStimulation (TMS) would have different effects on performance in order and item verbal STM tasks.
