Facilitative Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Semantic Memory Examined by Text-Mining Analysis in Patients With Schizophrenia

• Published in: Frontiers in neurology Vol. 12; p. 583027
• Main Authors: Sumiyoshi, Chika, Narita, Zui, Inagawa, Takuma, Yamada, Yuji, Sueyoshi, Kazuki, Hasegawa, Yumi, Shirama, Aya, Hashimoto, Ryota, Sumiyoshi, Tomiki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 11.02.2021
• Subjects: category fluency; Neurology; schizophrenia; semantic memory; tDCS; text-mining analysis; schizophrenia; category fluency; tDCS; text-mining analysis; semantic memory

Beneficial effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) are relevant to cognition and functional capacity, in addition to psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. However, whether tDCS would improve higher-order cognition, e.g., semantic memory organization, has remained unc...