Transcranial alternating current stimulation affects decision making

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Feurra, Matteo ^a   Galli, Giulia ^a   Rossi, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VOLUNTEER; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84865044401     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2012.00039     Document Type: Article

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