Thinking caps for everyone? The role of neuro-enhancement by non-invasive brain stimulation in neuroscience and beyond

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Duecker, Felix ^a   de Graaf, Tom A ^a   Sack, Alexander T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mechanisms of enhancement; Neuro enhancement; Non invasive brain stimulation; Transcranial current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPETITION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84899760404     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00071     Document Type: Article

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