A meta-analysis of transcranial direct current stimulation studies examining the reliability of effects on language measures

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1093-1100

  Price, Amy R ^a   McAdams, Harrison ^b   Grossman, Murray ^a   Hamilton, Roy H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language; Meta analysis; Reliability; tDCS; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84955727570     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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