Facilitation of probabilistic classification learning by transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex in the human

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Kincses, Tamás Z ^a   Antal, Andrea ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Bártfai, Orsolya ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implicit learning; Occipital cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Probabilistic classification learning; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0347504917     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(03)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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