Trial reportCortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior2019
Using tDCS to facilitate motor learning in speech production: The role of timing.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on cognitive function for mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Pooled it
- tDCS modulates speech perception and production in second language learners.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Noninvasive neurostimulation of left ventral motor cortex enhances sensorimotor adaptation in speech production.Brain and language · 2020Trial
- Failure of tDCS to modulate motor excitability and speech motor learning.Neuropsychologia · 2020Trial
- Sensory basis of speech motor learning and memory.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Neural and Behavioral Predictors of Speech Motor Sequence Learning in Primary Progressive Aphasia.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Noninvasive Neurostimulation to the Inferior Frontal Sulcus or Cerebellum Improves Accuracy But Not Timing in a Speech Motor Learning Task.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Temporal Coordination of Articulatory Gestures in Nonnative Onset Clusters: Evidence From American English Speakers Using Electromagnetic Articulography.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2024Article
- Enhancing Speech Rehabilitation in a Young Adult with Trisomy 21: Integrating Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) with Rapid Syllable Transition Training for Apraxia of Speech.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Disentangling Effects of Memory Storage and Inter-articulator Coordination on Generalization in Speech Motor Sequence Learning.Journal of psycholinguistic research · 2023Article
- Factors Affecting Nonnative Consonant Cluster Learning.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023Article
- Short-term ocular dominance plasticity is not modulated by visual cortex tDCS but increases with length of monocular deprivation.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Transcranial direct current stimulation over left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex facilitates auditory-motor integration for vocal pitch regulation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Intervention is a better predictor of tDCS mind-wandering effects than subjective beliefs about experimental results.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Enhances Cognitive Function in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early/Mid Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- The effects of continuous oromotor activity on speech motor learning: speech biomechanics and neurophysiologic correlates.Experimental brain research · 2021Article
- Post-training stimulation of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex impairs working memory training performance.Journal of neuroscience research · 2021Article
- Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on effort during a working-memory task.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- A Causal Role of the Cerebellum in Auditory Feedback Control of Vocal Production.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2021Article
- Does Voicing Affect Patterns of Transfer in Nonnative Cluster Learning?Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Article
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Abstract
There exists debate regarding the extent to which transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can affect or enhance human behavior. Here, we examined a previously unexplored domain: speech motor learning. We investigated whether speech motor learning in unimpaired participants can be enhanced using a single-session tDCS experiment, and investigated whether the timing of tDCS relative to a behavioral task affected performance. Participants (N = 80) performed a twenty minute learning task with nonwords containing non-native consonant clusters (e.g., GDEEVOO), and were assigned to groups receiving either sham or active tDCS either immediately before or during the task. Both accuracy and properties of errors were examined throughout the course of the practice task, and then practice was compared to a retention period 30 min later (R1) and two days later (R2). For cluster and whole-(non)word accuracy measures, acquisition was observed for all groups during the practice session. Compared to the beginning of practice, the tDCS-Before group showed significantly greater improvement than both the sham group and the tDCS-During group at R1. An effect was also observed for vowel duration in errors (/gdivu/ → [gədivu]), with the tDCS-Before group showing significant shortening of vowel errors throughout practice. Overall, the findings suggest that tDCS can improve speech motor learning, and that the improvement may be greater when tDCS is applied immediately before practice, warranting further exploration of this new domain for tDCS research.
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