Transcranial direct current stimulation to lateral prefrontal cortex could increase meta-awareness of mind wandering

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2015, Pages E2414-

  Fox, Kieran C R ^a   Christoff, Kalina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; LETTER; META AWARENESS; NEUROFEEDBACK; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84929192697     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504686112     Document Type: Letter

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