Modulating and enhancing cognition using brain stimulation: Science and fiction

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-163

  Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain Stimulation; Cognition; tACS; tDCS; Training; tRNS

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITEMENT; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL CHRONOMETRY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SKILL; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY; ALTERNATING CURRENT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUNGARY; MOTOR SYSTEM; SCIENCE; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84944676328     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2014.996569     Document Type: Article

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