Combining brain stimulation and video game to promote long-term transfer of learning and cognitive enhancement

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Looi, Chung Yen ^a   Duta, Mihaela ^a   Brem, Anna Katharine ^a,b   Huber, Stefan ^c   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^d   Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VIDEO GAME;

ADULT; COGNITION; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84959092844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22003     Document Type: Article

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