When less is more: Evidence for a facilitative cathodal tDCS effect in attentional abilities

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1826-1833

  Weiss, Michal ^a   Lavidor, Michal ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864406569     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00248     Document Type: Article

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