Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation impairs the practice-dependent proficiency increase in working memory

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1687-1697

  Ferrucci, R ^a   Marceglia, S ^a   Vergari, M ^a   Cogiamanian, F ^a   Mrakic Sposta, S ^a   Mameli, F ^a   Zago, S ^a   Barbieri, S ^a   Priori, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49649104992     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20112     Document Type: Article

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