Task-specific facilitation of cognition by anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex

PA Pope, JW Brenton, RC Miall - Cerebral Cortex, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We previously speculated that depression of cerebellar excitability using cathodal
transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) might release extra cognitive resources via the …

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of prefrontal cortex enhances working memory

F Fregni, PS Boggio, M Nitsche, F Bermpohl… - Experimental brain …, 2005 - Springer
Previous studies have claimed that weak transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
induces persisting excitability changes in the human motor cortex that can be more …

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex enhances complex verbal associative thought

C Cerruti, G Schlaug - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2009 - direct.mit.edu
The remote associates test (RAT) is a complex verbal task with associations to both creative
thought and general intelligence. RAT problems require not only lateral associations and the …

Improving working memory: the effect of combining cognitive activity and anodal transcranial direct current stimulation to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

SC Andrews, KE Hoy, PG Enticott, ZJ Daskalakis… - Brain stimulation, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), applied to the left dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been found to improve working memory (WM) performance in …

Cathodal tDCS increases stop-signal reaction time

MA Friehs, C Frings - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 2019 - Springer
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive method of modulating human
brain activity and potentially alters performance in cognitive tasks. Often it is assumed that …

The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on cognitive inhibition

S Metzuyanim-Gorlick, N Mashal - Experimental brain research, 2016 - Springer
The present study examines the effects of bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation
(tDCS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)(anodal over left and cathodal over …

Exploring the effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over the prefrontal cortex on working memory: A cluster analysis approach

A Luque-Casado, N Fogelson, E Iglesias-Soler… - Behavioural brain …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The interest in the use of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
for the enhancement of cognitive functioning has increased significantly in recent years …

Effects of single versus dual-site High-Definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) on cortical reactivity and working memory performance in healthy …

AT Hill, NC Rogasch, PB Fitzgerald, KE Hoy - Brain stimulation, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Previous research has typically focussed on the neuromodulatory effects of
direct currents applied over single regions of the cortex. However, complex processes such …

It's the thought that counts: examining the task-dependent effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on executive function

J Gill, PP Shah-Basak, R Hamilton - Brain stimulation, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Prior investigations employing transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
have shown that stimulation can elicit subsequent improvement on tests of various cognitive …

Modulating cognition using transcranial direct current stimulation of the cerebellum

PA Pope - Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), 2015 - app.jove.com
Numerous studies have emerged recently that demonstrate the possibility of modulating,
and in some cases enhancing, cognitive processes by exciting brain regions involved in …