Researchers' perspectives on scientific and ethical issues with transcranial direct current stimulation: An international survey

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Riggall, Kate ^a   Forlini, Cynthia ^a   Carter, Adrian ^a,b   Hall, Wayne ^a   Weier, Megan ^a   Partridge, Brad ^a   Meinzer, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; HUMANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84931281994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10618     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. Maslen H., Douglas T., Cohen Kadosh R., Levy N., Savulescu J. The regulation of cognitive enhancement devices: Extending the medical model. J Law Biosci 1, 68-93 (2014
2. Miniussi C., Harris J. A., Ruzzoli M. Modelling non-invasive brain stimulation in cognitive neuroscience. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 37, 1702-1712 (2013
3. Coffman B. A., Clark V. P., Parasuraman R. Battery powered thought: Enhancement of attention, learning, and memory in healthy adults using transcranial direct current stimulation. NeuroImage 85, 895-908 (2014
4. Flöel A. tDCS-enhanced motor and cognitive function in neurological diseases. NeuroImage 85, 934-947 (2014
5. Fox M. D. et al. Resting-state networks link invasive and noninvasive brain stimulation across diverse psychiatric and neurological diseases. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111, 4367-4375 (2014
6. Kuo M. F., Paulus W., Nitsche M. A. Therapeutic effects of non-invasive brain stimulation with direct currents (tDCS) in neuropsychiatric diseases. NeuroImage 85, 948-960 (2014
7. Dubljevic V., Saigle V., Racine E. The rising tide of tDCS in the media and academic literature. Neuron 82, 731-736 (2014
8. Brunoni A. R. et al. Clinical research with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): Challenges and future directions. Brain Stim 5, 175-195 (2012
9. Fregni F. et al. Regulatory considerations for the clinical and research use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): Review and recommendations from an expert panel. Clin Res Regul Affairs; DOI: 10.3109/10601333.2015.980944 (2014
10. Fitz N. S., Reiner P. B. The challenge of crafting policy for do-it-yourself brain stimulation. J Med Ethics; DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101458 (2013
11. Horvath J. C., Carter O., Forte J. D. Transcranial direct current stimulation: Five important issues we aren't discussing (but probably should be). Front Syst Neurosci 8, 2 (2014
12. Santarnecchi E., Feurra M., Galli G., Rossi A., Rossi S. Overclock your brain for gaming? Ethical, social and health care risks. Brain Stim 6, 713-714 (2013
13. Walsh V. Q. Ethics and social risks in brain stimulation. Brain Stim 6, 715-717 (2013
14. Shirota Y., Hewitt M., Paulus W. Neuroscientists do not use non-invasive brain stimulation on themselves for neural enhancement. Brain Stim 7, 618-619 (2014
15. Braun V., Clarke V. Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qual Res Psychol 3, 77-101 (2006
16. Horvath J. C., Forte J. D., Carter O. Evidence that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) generates little-to-no reliable neurophysiologic effect beyond MEP amplitude modulation in healthy human subjects: A systematic review. Neuropsychologia 66, 213-236 (2015
17. Wiethoff S., Hamada M., Rothwell J. C. Variability in response to transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex. Brain Stim 7, 468-475 (2014
18. Iuculano T., Cohen Kadosh R. The mental cost of cognitive enhancement. J Neurosci 33, 4482-4486 (2013
19. Rossi S., Hallett M., Rossini P. M., Pascual-Leone A. Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research. Clin Neurophys 120, 2008-2039 (2009
20. Bikson M., Datta A., Elwassif M. Establishing safety limits for transcranial direct current stimulation. Clin Neurophys 120, 1033-1034 (2009
21. Nitsche M. A. et al. Safety criteria for transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in humans. Clin Neurophys 114, 2220-2222 (2003
22. Poreisz C., Boros K., Antal A., Paulus W. Safety aspects of transcranial direct current stimulation concerning healthy subjects and patients. Brain Res Bull 72, 208-214 (2007).