Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on risky decision making are mediated by 'hot' and 'cold' decisions, personality, and hemisphere

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3778-3785

  Pripfl, Jürgen ^a   Neumann, Renate ^a   Köhler, Ulla ^a   Lamm, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Hemispheric specialization; Impulsivity; Risk taking; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANODE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CATHODE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SMOKING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; HEMISPHERIC SPECIALIZATION; IMPULSIVITY; RISK-TAKING; TDCS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING;

EID: 84890309544     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12375     Document Type: Article

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