Brain stimulation enables the solution of an inherently difficult problem

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 515, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-124

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobes; Brain stimulation; Cognitive enhancement; Insight problem solving; Lateralization; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84859754398     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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