Delayed enhancement of multitasking performance: Effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on the prefrontal cortex

Cortex

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-185

  Hsu, Wan Yu ^a,c,d   Zanto, Theodore P ^a   Anguera, Joaquin A ^a   Lin, Yung Yang ^c,d   Gazzaley, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Multitasking; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MULTITASKING PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRURITUS; SKIN TINGLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930948093     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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