Trial reportBrain and language2020
Reading proficiency influences the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation: Evidence from selective modulation of dorsal and ventral pathways of reading in bilinguals.
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- Transcutaneous and transcranial electrical stimulation for enhancing military performance: an update and systematic review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Longitudinal evaluation of common and unique brain-networks in variants of primary progressive aphasia.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Personalized Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Behavioral and Neurophysiologic Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The role of structural and functional parameters in designing pathology-specific tDCS protocols for primary progressive aphasia.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Personalized Dose Selection for Treatment of Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Using tDCS.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Alignment of behaviour and tDCS stimulation site induces maximum response: evidence from online tDCS and ERP.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Variation of cerebrospinal fluid in specific regions regulates focality in transcranial direct current stimulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Focality-Oriented Selection of Current Dose for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Review
- Sex difference in tDCS current mediated by changes in cortical anatomy: A study across young, middle and older adults.Brain stimulationArticle
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Abstract
introductiontDCS can modulate reading which is processed by lexical (ventral) and sub-lexical (dorsal) pathways. Previous research indicates that pathway recruitment in bilinguals depends on a script's orthographic depth and a reader's proficiency with it. The effect of tDCS on each reading pathway has not been investigated in bilinguals. We stimulated the left dorsal and ventral pathways separately in Chinese-English (C-E) bilinguals to understand whether pathway-specific modulation by tDCS is possible and, if so, how it is influenced by orthographic depth and script proficiency.
methodsA double-blind, sham-controlled, within-subject experiment was designed wherein 16 balanced bilinguals received anodal tDCS in dorsal, ventral and sham sessions. Two tDCS montages of electrode sizes 5 × 5 cm
resultsFor both languages, word reading RTs were faster following dorsal pathway stimulation. The dorsal stimulation effect (change in RT) was negatively correlated with pseudoword reading and pinyin proficiency. Stimulation of the ventral pathway decreased RTs only for Chinese reading.
conclusionDorsal and ventral reading pathways can be selectively modulated by tDCS in bilingual readers with dorsal (sub-lexical) pathway stimulation affecting reading in both scripts and ventral (lexical) pathway stimulation selectively affecting Chinese reading. Dorsal pathway tDCS effects are modulated by sub-lexical reading proficiency.
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