Facilitate insight by non-invasive brain stimulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chi, Richard P ^a   Snyder, Allan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551629073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016655     Document Type: Article

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