Search for: [Abstract = "The studies included in this thesis employed Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation \(TMS\) to investigate brain areas assumed to be involved in the formation of visual awareness judgements. TMS is a non\-invasive brain stimulation method that temporarily influences neuronal activity in the targeted brain area. The thesis includes three published scientific articles. The first, theoretical article, discusses the constraints of TMS\-based inferences and offers recommendations on how to address these limitations, specifically in the context of repetitive TMS \(rTMS\). The second and third articles present within\-participant design experimental studies where TMS was applied to different brain areas of healthy individuals to examine its impact on visual awareness judgements and metacognitive efficiency, that is the ability to accurately judge one’s own perception. Unlike neuroimaging methods, TMS can modulate neuronal activity, which makes it a valuable tool for drawing causal inferences. The first article discusses the use of TMS to deduce the causal relations between brain areas and their functions. It critically assesses the extent to which causal inferences can be derived from rTMS data. It emphasises that relying solely on rTMS data does not provide sufficient grounds for strong inferences about the direct causal properties of targeted brain areas. The article proposes s"]

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