Improved multitasking following prefrontal tDCS

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2845-2852

  Filmer, Hannah L ^a   Mattingley, Jason B ^a   Dux, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Multitasking; Posterior lateral prefrontal cortex; Response selection; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MULTITASKING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BOTTLENECK; MULTITASKING; POSTERIOR LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE SELECTION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889662136     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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