Individual differences and specificity of prefrontal gamma frequency-tACS on fluid intelligence capabilities

Cortex

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-43

  Santarnecchi, E ^a,b   Muller, T ^c   Rossi, S ^a   Sarkar, A ^c   Polizzotto, N R ^d   Rossi, A ^a   Cohen Kadosh, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement; Fluid intelligence; Individual differences; Non invasive brain stimulation; tACS; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIQUID; LOGIC; NOISE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84949920888     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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