Transcranial direct current stimulation enhances cognitive control during emotion regulation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-112

  Feeser, Melanie ^a   Prehn, Kristin ^a   Kazzer, Philipp ^a   Mungee, Aditya ^a,b   Bajbouj, Malek ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive reappraisal; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Emotion regulation; Gaze pattern; Skin conductance response; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXCITABILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; UPREGULATION;

COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTION REGULATION; GAZE PATTERN; SKIN CONDUCTANCE RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891830871     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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