The Effect Of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation On...

Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Brain Plasticity and Learning Noam Katz California State University, Long Beach Abstract Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning, etc. Write stuff about tDCS and brain plasticity/learning,†¦show more content†¦The present study examines past research that looks at the effect of tDCS on learning and memory, specifically the differences in novice compared to experienced learning. Researchers Coffman, Trumbo, Flores, Garcia, Merwe, Wasserman, and Clark (2012) looked at how tDCS affects performance when placed over the right inferior frontal cortex, and at different current strengths. Differential effects in responses to stimuli were looked at which included varying by repetition and target presence, differences related to expectancy, and individual differences in skin stimulation and mood. Participants received training for 1 hour in a complex virtual environment with the task of detecting hidden objects. Anodal tDCS was applied over the right inferior frontal cortex at either 0.1 mA or 2.0 mA for the first 30 minutes of training, and participants were tested before, immediately after, and 1 hour after training. It was found that participants who received the higher current of tDCS had increased performance for all of the test stimuli, but performance was greatest for repeated test stimuli with the presence of hidden targets. This study was replicated with a s econd set of participants and the findings showed that the enhancement performance with tDCS is