Transcranial Electrical Stimulation to Enhance Cognitive Abilities in the Atypically Developing Brain

The Stimulated Brain: Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 455-483

  Krause, Beatrix ^a   Looi, Chung Yen ^a   Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cognitive training; Development; Dyscalculia; Dyslexia; Learning difficulties; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942239583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-404704-4.00016-8     Document Type: Chapter

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