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ArticleCognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience2019

Cathodal tDCS increases stop-signal reaction time.

Maximilian A Friehs, Christian Frings

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Article in Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04964427 (The Effects of Methylphenidate), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT04964427 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of Methylphenidate (MPH) and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (tDCS) on Inhibitory Control Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

TypeinterventionalSponsorBambino Gesù Hospital and Research InstituteRan2021 to 2022Enrolled26ConditionsAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderArmsMethylphenidate, anodal tDCS, sham tDCS
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Maximilian A FriehsCognitive Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany. friehs@uni-trier.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9362-4140
Christian FringsCognitive Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive method of modulating human brain activity and potentially alters performance in cognitive tasks. Often it is assumed that effects of tDCS modulation depend on the polarity-anodal stimulation typically boost cognitive processes whereas cathodal stimulation hampers them. While most tDCS research focusses on the effects of anodal stimulation, cathodal tDCS effects are underexplored. In the present study, cathodal tDCS over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC) was used to potentially hamper the response inhibition process as measured by the stop-signal task (SST). A 9 cm

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Inhibition, PsychologicalTranscranial Direct Current StimulationAdultFemaleHumansMalePrefrontal CortexPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeYoung AdultCognitive controlNeural networkPrefrontal cortexStop-Signal TasktDCS

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