The mental cost of cognitive enhancement.

Journal article

Noninvasive brain stimulation provides a potential tool for affecting brain functions in the typical and atypical brain and offers in several cases an alternative to pharmaceutical intervention. Some studies have suggested that transcranial electrical stimulation (TES), a form of noninvasive brain stimulation, can also be used to enhance cognitive performance. Critically, research so far has primarily focused on optimizing protocols for effective stimulation, or assessing potential physical s...

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Authors: Iuculano, T; Cohen Kadosh, R

• Journal: Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 4482-4486
• Publication date: 2013-03-01
• DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4927-12.2013
• EISSN: 1529-2401
• ISSN: 0270-6474
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cognition; Parietal Lobe; Neuropsychological Tests; Adult; Male; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Prefrontal Cortex; Reaction Time; Young Adult; Mathematics; Humans; Female; Task Performance and Analysis; Learning