Transcranial direct current stimulation influences probabilistic association learning in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 198-205

  Vercammen, Ans ^a,b,c   Rushby, Jacqueline A ^a,c   Loo, Colleen ^a,b,d   Short, Brooke ^a,c   Weickert, Cynthia S ^a,b,c   Weickert, Thomas W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Probabilistic association learning; Schizophrenia; Striatum; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLOZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC ASSOCIATION LEARNING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY LEARNING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051787226     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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