Abstract
This chapter presents and discusses contemporary cutting-edge brain stimulation techniques that have been successful in enhancing high-level cognitive functions in healthy individuals. It focuses primarily on major advances related to language, cognitive control, numerical cognition, planning, learning, and memory research using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS). A methodological section then specifies the considerations involved in designing and evaluating a tDCS experiment in the context of cognitive research. The conclusion examines the implications of recent data and suggests avenues for experimental research into future uses of brain stimulation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Stimulated Brain |
| Subtitle of host publication | Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 299-329 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780124047129 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780124047044 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Jun 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Funding
This chapter presents studies that were supported by the Israel Academy of Sciences, grant no. 100/10; the Israeli Center of Research Excellence (I-CORE) in Cognition (I-CORE Program 51/11); and an ERC starting grant which was awarded to ML (Inspire 200512).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Israeli Center of Research Excellence | |
| Academy of Leisure Sciences | 100/10 |
| European Commission | 200512 |
Keywords
- Cognitive enhancement
- Cognitive functions
- Executive functions
- Language
- Numerical cognition
- Problem-solving
- Response inhibition
- TACS
- TDCS
- TES
- TRNS
- Working memory