TES stimulation as a tool to investigate cognitive processes in healthy individuals

European Psychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 15-29

  Lavidor, Michal ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Cognitive enhancement; TACS; TDCS; TRNS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962053247     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: 1878531X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000248     Document Type: Review

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