Transient reduction of visual distraction following electrical stimulation of the prefrontal cortex

Cognition

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-76

  Cosman, Joshua D ^a   Atreya, Priyanka V ^a   Woodman, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Attentional control; Prefrontal cortex; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISTRACTION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84940049112     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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