Combining tDCS and Working Memory Training to Down Regulate State Rumination: A Single-Session Double Blind Sham-Controlled Trial

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 754-765

  De Putter, Laura M S ^a   Vanderhasselt, Marie Anne ^a   Baeken, Chris ^b,c   De Raedt, Rudi ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Heart rate variability (HRV); Rumination; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOWN REGULATION; DSM-IV; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; REACTION TIME; RR INTERVAL; RUMINATION; TENSION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946480994     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-015-9710-8     Document Type: Article

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