Using transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) to understand cognitive processing

RMG Reinhart, JD Cosman, K Fukuda… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2017 - Springer
Noninvasive brain stimulation methods are becoming increasingly common tools in the kit of
the cognitive scientist. In particular, transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is showing …

Can visual cortex non-invasive brain stimulation improve normal visual function? A systematic review and meta-analysis

UM Bello, J Wang, ASY Park, KWS Tan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective Multiple studies have explored the use of visual cortex non-invasive brain
stimulation (NIBS) to enhance visual function. These studies vary in sample size, outcome …

Response variability of different anodal transcranial direct current stimulation intensities across multiple sessions

C Ammann, MA Lindquist, PA Celnik - Brain stimulation, 2017 - Elsevier
Background It is well known that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is capable of
modulating corticomotor excitability. However, a source of growing concern has been the …

Face pareidolia is enhanced by 40 Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) of the face perception network

A Palmisano, G Chiarantoni, F Bossi, A Conti… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Pareidolia refers to the perception of ambiguous sensory patterns as carrying a specific
meaning. In its most common form, pareidolia involves human-like facial features, where …

The neural correlates of developmental prosopagnosia: Twenty-five years on

V Manippa, A Palmisano, M Ventura, D Rivolta - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Faces play a crucial role in social interactions. Developmental prosopagnosia (DP) refers to
the lifelong difficulty in recognizing faces despite the absence of obvious signs of brain …

tDCS modulates visual gamma oscillations and basal alpha activity in occipital cortices: evidence from MEG

TW Wilson, TJ McDermott, MS Mills… - Cerebral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is now a widely used method for modulating
the human brain, but the resulting physiological effects are not understood. Recent studies …

Differential effects of remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation on recognition memory depending on task order

CM Imperio, EF Chua - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Prior work has shown positive effects of High Definition transcranial direct
current stimulation (HD-tDCS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) on semantic …

Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at 40 Hz enhances face and object perception

M Gonzalez-Perez, E Wakui, V Thoma, MA Nitsche… - Neuropsychologia, 2019 - Elsevier
Neurophysiological evidence suggests that face and object recognition relies on the
coordinated activity of neural populations (ie, neural oscillations) in the gamma-band (> 30 …

Viability of tDCS in military environments for performance enhancement: a systematic review

KA Feltman, AM Hayes, KA Bernhardt, E Nwala… - Military …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) as a method of cognitive enhancement
in both diseased and healthy individuals has gained popularity. Its potential for enhancing …

Non-invasive brain stimulation targeting the right fusiform gyrus selectively increases working memory for faces

TT Brunyé, JM Moran, A Holmes, CR Mahoney… - Brain and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The human extrastriate cortex contains a region critically involved in face detection and
memory, the right fusiform gyrus. The present study evaluated whether transcranial direct …