Cerebellar tDCS does not affect performance in the N-back task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 319-326

  Van Wessel, Brenda W V ^a   Claire Verhage, M ^a   Holland, Peter ^a,b   Frens, Maarten A ^a,c   Van Der Geest, Jos N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brain stimulation; cerebellum; cognitive performance; healthy humans; Memory; N back task; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957426391     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2015.1109610     Document Type: Article

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