Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulatory technique that offers promise as an investigative method for understanding complex cognitive operations such as reading. This study explores the ability of a single session of tDCS to modulate reading efficiency and phonological processing performance within a group of healthy adults. Half the group received anodal or cathodal ...

Interindividual response variability to various motor-cortex stimulation protocols has been recently reported. Comparative data of stimulation protocols with different modes of action is lacking. We aimed to compare the efficacy and response variability of two LTP-inducing stimulation protocols in the human motor cortex: anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) and paired-associa...

There is evidence that noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS), and especially transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), can improve some cognitive functions, at least temporarily. However, as the improvement only applies to some "lucky" people, it may raise ethical, social and legal issues related to fairness in selective contexts (exams, competitions, job interviews). In this regard, an im...

Neuroimaging studies have implicated the left supramarginal gyrus in short-term auditory memory processing, including memory for pitch. The present study investigated the causal role of the left supramarginal gyrus in short-term pitch memory by comparing the effects of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation when applied over the left or right supramarginal gyrus with sham transcranial...

The authors wish to note that they discovered an error in the database of their paper “Efficacy and Interindividual Variability inMotor-Cortex Plasticity followingAnodal tDCS and Paired-Associative Stimulation” [1] after publication in Neural Plasticity. Due to a data export error, one subject was included twice in the database resulting in the situation that one dataset was completely overwrit...

Academic and public interest in tDCS has been fueled by strong claims of therapeutic and enhancement effects. We report a rising tide of tDCS coverage in the media, while regulatory action is lacking and ethical issues need to be addressed.

30 31 In this pilot study we evaluated electroencephalographic (EEG) mean frequency changes induced 32 by prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and investigated whether they 33 depended on tDCS electrode montage. Eight healthy volunteers underwent tDCS for 15 minutes 34 during EEG recording. They completed six tDCS sessions, one week apart, testing left and right 35 direct c...