Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on episodic memory related to emotional visual stimuli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Penolazzi, Barbara ^a,b   Di Domenico, Alberto ^b   Marzoli, Daniele ^b   Mammarella, Nicola ^b   Fairfield, Beth ^b   Franciotti, Raffaella ^b   Brancucci, Alfredo ^b   Tommasi, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956292411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010623     Document Type: Article

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