Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation over the left prefrontal cortex facilitates cognitive flexibility in tool use

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-89

  Chrysikou, Evangelia G ^a,b   Hamilton, Roy H ^a   Coslett, H Branch ^a   Datta, Abhishek ^c   Bikson, Marom ^c   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Creative cognition; Prefrontal cortex; Semantic memory; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878631647     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2013.768221     Document Type: Article

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