Transcranial electrical stimulation during sleep enhances declarative (but not procedural) memory consolidation: Evidence from a meta-analysis

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-77

  Barham, Michael P ^a   Enticott, Peter G ^a   Conduit, Russell ^b   Lum, Jarrad A G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Declarative memory; Meta analysis; Procedural memory; Sleep; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957927384     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.01.009     Document Type: Review

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