The Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Cognitive Enhancement

Cognitive Enhancement: Pharmacologic, Environmental and Genetic Factors

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 307-341

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cost benefit; Enhancement; Optimization; TDCS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944619509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417042-1.00012-7     Document Type: Chapter

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