Conversion (functional) limb weakness or paralysis (FW) can be a debilitating condition, and often causes significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. Most treatment concepts are multi-disciplinary, containing a behavioral approach combined with a motor learning program. Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods, such as electroconvuls...

I argue for a manipulationist-mechanistic framework for content-NCC research in the case of visual consciousness (Bechtel 2008; Neisser 2012). Reference to mechanisms is common in the NCC research. Furthermore, recent developments in non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (NIBS) lend support to a manipulationist standpoint. The crucial question is to understand what is changed after manipula...

Citation: Opie GM and Cirillo J (2017) Commentary: Preconditioning tDCS facilitates subsequent tDCS effect on skill acquisition in older adults. Long-term potentiation and depression (LTP and LTD) represent powerful means of altering synaptic communication. However, they have an inherent potential to excessively modulate neuronal excitability, possibly resulting in unfavorable destabilization o...

There has been increased interest in noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) as a technique to investigate and treat neuropsychiatric disorders [1,2]. Usually, NIBS is targeted to specific dysfunctional cortical areas, as the case for prefrontal cortex stimulation in mood disorders [3], or regions presumed to modulate dysfunctional areas, as the case for primary motor cortex (M1) stimulation to in...

11 Abstract. Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques such as transcranial 12 magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have 13 recently attracted interest due to their potential for transiently improving cognitive 14 functions and memory in human beings. In aging, these techniques may prove 15 particularly valuable given the impact of age-related cogn...

Transcranial direct current stimulation is a method of noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) that has been intensively investigated in the last few years [1,2]. In tDCS, a weak and continuous electrical current over the scalp is applied for several minutes. If electrodes are appropriately placed and adequate parameters of stimulation are used, tDCS changes cortical excitability significantly [3]...