The role of timing in the induction of neuromodulation in perceptual learning by transcranial electric stimulation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 683-689

  Pirulli, Cornelia ^a   Fertonani, Anna ^a   Miniussi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognition; Neuroplasticity; Non invasive brain stimulation (NIBS); tES; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS); Visual perceptual learning (VPL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

COGNITION; NEUROPLASTICITY; NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION (NIBS); TES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (TDCS); TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION (TRNS); VISUAL PERCEPTUAL LEARNING (VPL);

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879967514     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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