The effect of practice on random number generation task: A transcranial direct current stimulation study

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-57

  Capone, Fioravante ^a,b   Capone, Gianluca ^c   Ranieri, Federico ^a,b   Di Pino, Giovanni ^a,b   Oricchio, Gianluca ^a   Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Institute for Cancer Research   (Italy)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Cognitive plasticity; Executive functions; Practice; Random number generation; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900792779     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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