Left lateralizing transcranial direct current stimulation improves reading efficiency

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Turkeltaub, Peter E ^a   Benson, Jennifer ^a   Hamilton, Roy H ^a   Datta, Abhishek ^b   Bikson, Marom ^b   Coslett, H Branch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

alexia; dyslexia; language; reading fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SHAM PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864287985     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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