Using tDCS to facilitate motor learning in speech production: The role of timing

A Buchwald, H Calhoun, S Rimikis, MS Lowe… - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
There exists debate regarding the extent to which transcranial direct current stimulation
(tDCS) can affect or enhance human behavior. Here, we examined a previously unexplored …

Behavioral and neurological effects of tDCS on speech motor recovery: A single-subject intervention study

A Buchwald, N Khosa, S Rimikis, ES Duncan - Brain and language, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reports a feasibility study designed to evaluate the behavioral and neurological
effects of using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in conjunction with speech …

Cortico-cerebellar networks drive sensorimotor learning in speech

DR Lametti, HJ Smith, PF Freidin… - Journal of cognitive …, 2018 - direct.mit.edu
The motor cortex and cerebellum are thought to be critical for learning and maintaining
motor behaviors. Here we use transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to test the role of …

[HTML][HTML] Failure of tDCS to modulate motor excitability and speech motor learning

CEE Wiltshire, KE Watkins - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulates cortical excitability in a polarity-
specific way and, when used in combination with a behavioural task, it can alter …

Task load modulates tDCS effects on language performance

L Rodrigues de Almeida, PA Pope… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects in cognition are inconsistent across
studies. This study aimed to discuss why typical models might be insufficient to explain these …

Modulation of speech motor learning with transcranial direct current stimulation of the inferior parietal lobe

MLD Deroche, DL Nguyen, VL Gracco - Frontiers in Integrative …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The inferior parietal lobe (IPL) is a region of the cortex believed to participate in speech
motor learning. In this study, we investigated whether transcranial direct current stimulation …

[HTML][HTML] Limits to tDCS effects in language: failures to modulate word production in healthy participants with frontal or temporal tDCS

SJ Westwood, A Olson, RC Miall, R Nappo, C Romani - Cortex, 2017 - Elsevier
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a method of non-invasive brain stimulation
widely used to modulate cognitive functions. Recent studies, however, suggests that effects …

“If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?” tDCS over the left frontal region modulates tongue twister repetition in healthy …

V Fiori, S Cipollari, C Caltagirone, P Marangolo - Neuroscience, 2014 - Elsevier
Recent studies have demonstrated that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
modulates cortical activity in the human brain. In the language domain, it has already been …

Reproducibility of tDCS results in a randomized trial: failure to replicate findings of tDCS-induced enhancement of verbal fluency

TD Vannorsdall, JJ Van Steenburgh… - Cognitive and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to enhance
verbal productivity, but the finding and extent of enhancement vary across studies. Few …

Transcranial direct current stimulation enhances verbal working memory training performance over time and near transfer outcomes

LL Richmond, D Wolk, J Chein… - Journal of cognitive …, 2014 - direct.mit.edu
Studies attempting to increase working memory (WM) capacity show promise in enhancing
related cognitive functions but have also raised criticism in the broader scientific community …