Understanding the behavioural consequences of noninvasive brain stimulation

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-20

  Bestmann, Sven ^a   de Berker, Archy O ^a   Bonaiuto, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Computational neurostimulation; Improvement; Modelling; Neuroenhancement; Noninvasive brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

MODELS;

COGNITION; IMPROVEMENT; NEUROENHANCEMENT; NEUROSTIMULATION; NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATIONS;

NEURONS;

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84919674508     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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