Testing the limits: Investigating the effect of tDCS dose on working memory enhancement in healthy controls

• Published in: Neuropsychologia Vol. 51; no. 9; pp. 1777 - 1784
• Main Authors: Hoy, Kate E., Emonson, Melanie R.L., Arnold, Sara L., Thomson, Richard H., Daskalakis, Zafiris J., Fitzgerald, Paul B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Alpha Rhythm - physiology; Brain; Cognitive enhancement; Cortical Synchronization - physiology; Electric Stimulation - methods; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials, Visual - physiology; Female; Healthy controls; Human; Humans; Learning. Memory; Male; Memory; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Prefrontal cortex; Prefrontal Cortex - physiology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Reaction Time; Theta Rhythm - physiology; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Working memory; Young Adult; Healthy controls; Cognitive enhancement; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Human; Healthy subject; Central nervous system; Cognition; Experimental study; Transcranial electrical stimulation; Encephalon; Improvement

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive form of brain stimulation which has been shown to induce changes in brain activity and subsequent functioning. In particular, there is a rapidly growing evidence base showing that anodal tDCS applied to the left prefrontal cortex (PFC)...