Improved proper name recall in aging after electrical stimulation of the anterior temporal lobes

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Ross, Lars A ^a,b   McCoy, David ^a   Coslett, H Branch ^c   Olson, Ingrid R ^a   Wolk, David A ^c,d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Electrophysiology; Memory; Person identity; Semantic; Social cognition; tDCS; Temporal poles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859710102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2011.00016     Document Type: Article

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