Increasing working memory capacity with theta transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)

Biological Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-47

  Jaušovec, Norbert ^a   Jaušovec, Ksenija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

ERP; P300; Scope of attention; TACS; Theta frequency; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE STIMULATION; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ERP; P300; SCOPE OF ATTENTION; TACS; THETA FREQUENCY; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890651617     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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