Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex enhances complex verbal associative thought

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1980-1987

  Cerruti, Carlo ^a,b   Schlaug, Gottfried ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349233063     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21143     Document Type: Article

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