Corticospinal Excitability during a Perspective Taking Task as Measured by TMS-Induced Motor Evoked Potentials

Authors

Elizabeth Murray, Hackensack Meridian HealthFollow
Janet Brenya, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Katherine Chavarria, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Karen J. Kelly, Georgian Court UniversityFollow
Anjel Fierst, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Nathira Ahmad, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Caroline Anton, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Layla Shaffer, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Kairavi Kapila, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Logan Driever, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Kayla Weaver, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Caroline Dial, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Maya Crawford, Northeastern University
Iso Hartman, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Tommy Infantino, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Fiona Butler, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Abigail Straus, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Shakeera L. Walker, University of Maryland at College ParkFollow
Brianna Balugas, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Matthew Pardillo, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Briana Goncalves, Seton Hall UniversityFollow
Julian Keenan, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-18-2021

Journal / Book Title

Brain sciences

Abstract

Only by understanding the ability to take a third-person perspective can we begin to elucidate the neural processes responsible for one’s inimitable conscious experience. The current study examined differences in hemispheric laterality during a first-person perspective (1PP) and third-person perspective (3PP) taking task, using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Participants were asked to take either the 1PP or 3PP when identifying the number of spheres in a virtual scene. During this task, single-pulse TMS was delivered to the motor cortex of both the left and right hemispheres of 10 healthy volunteers. Measures of TMS-induced motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) of the contralateral abductor pollicis brevis (APB) were employed as an indicator of lateralized cortical activation. The data suggest that the right hemisphere is more important in discriminating between 1PP and 3PP. These data add a novel method for determining perspective taking and add to the literature supporting the role of the right hemisphere in meta representation.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040513

Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation

Murray, Elizabeth; Brenya, Janet; Chavarria, Katherine; Kelly, Karen J.; Fierst, Anjel; Ahmad, Nathira; Anton, Caroline; Shaffer, Layla; Kapila, Kairavi; Driever, Logan; Weaver, Kayla; Dial, Caroline; Crawford, Maya; Hartman, Iso; Infantino, Tommy; Butler, Fiona; Straus, Abigail; Walker, Shakeera L.; Balugas, Brianna; Pardillo, Matthew; Goncalves, Briana; and Keenan, Julian, "Corticospinal Excitability during a Perspective Taking Task as Measured by TMS-Induced Motor Evoked Potentials" (2021). Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 455.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/biology-facpubs/455

Published Citation

Murray, Elizabeth, Janet Brenya, Katherine Chavarria, Karen J. Kelly, Anjel Fierst, Nathira Ahmad, Caroline Anton et al. "Corticospinal Excitability during a Perspective Taking Task as Measured by TMS-Induced Motor Evoked Potentials." Brain Sciences 11, no. 4 (2021): 513.