Enhanced working memory performance via transcranial direct current stimulation: The possibility of near and far transfer

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 85-96

  Trumbo, Michael C ^a,b   Matzen, Laura E ^a   Coffman, Brian A ^c   Hunter, Michael A ^b   Jones, Aaron P ^b   Robinson, Charles S H ^b   Clark, Vincent P ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Fluid intelligence; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transfer; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INTELLIGENCE; LIQUID; MONITORING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THINKING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992210575     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.10.011     Document Type: Article

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