Transcranial alternating current stimulation increases risk-taking behavior in the Balloon Analog Risk Task

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Sela, Tal ^a   Kilim, Adi ^a   Lavidor, Michal ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BART; DLPFC; Lateralization; Risk taking; Theta band oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84861234949     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00022     Document Type: Article

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