Enhancing working memory training with transcranial direct current stimulation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1419-1432

  Au, Jacky ^a,b   Katz, Benjamin ^c   Buschkuehl, Martin ^b   Bunarjo, Kimberly ^a   Senger, Thea ^d   Zabel, Chelsea ^c   Jaeggi, Susanne M ^a   Jonides, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIND Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

BRAIN PLASTICITY; BRAIN STIMULATION; COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE TASK; ENHANCED TRAINING; SELECTIVE TRANSFER; TRAINING INTERVENTION; TRAINING SESSIONS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ABNORMAL VISION; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD CHANGE; MOTIVATION; NECK PAIN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP PRURITUS; SKIN PAIN; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN TINGLING; SOMNOLENCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME FACTOR; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982812599     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00979     Document Type: Article

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