A systematic review of transcranial electrical stimulation combined with cognitive training

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-278

  Elmasry, Jessica ^a,b   Loo, Colleen ^a,b,c   Martin, Donel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognitive training; systematic review; training; transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial electrical stimulation; transcranial random noise stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84937411380     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-140473     Document Type: Article

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