It's the thought that counts: Examining the task-dependent effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on executive function

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-259

  Gill, Jay ^a   Shah Basak, Priyanka P ^a   Hamilton, Roy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement; Cognitive remediation; tDCS; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922829666     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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