Low-frequency rTMS to the parietal lobe increases eye-movement carryover and decreases hazard rating

The persistence of attentional set from one task to a secondary unrelated task, revealed through carryover eye movements, has been attributed increased activation in the parietal lobe and decreased frontal lobe. To directly test this, we adopted modified version Thompson Crundall (2011) paradigm using low-frequency repetitive TMS P3 F3. In each trial, participants viewed letter-strings that were arranged horizontally, vertically, or randomly across screen before viewing road image providing hazardousness rating for it. orientation letter search influenced movements images this was greater following stimulation F3 than (or sham). Furthermore, hazardous ratings lower stimulation. These results confirm involvement orienting switching mechanisms movements. It is suggested “attentional inertia” effect will increase with resources an initial poor inhibition previously-relevant settings between tasks.