ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Effectiveness of tDCS at Improving Recognition and Reducing False Memories in Older Adults.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06861231 (Combined Intervention Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training in Alzheimer's Type Dementia Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Combined Intervention Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training in Alzheimer's Type Dementia Patients
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-invasive neuromodulation in reducing the risk of falls and fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Enhancing Immediate Memory, Potential Learning, and Working Memory with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Enhancing positive memory schemas with tDCS: a pilot study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Cognition, Anxiety, and Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Individuals: A Controlled Clinical Trial.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFalse memories tend to increase in healthy and pathological aging, and their reduction could be useful in improving cognitive functioning. The objective of this study was to use an active-placebo method to verify whether the application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) improved true recognition and reduced false memories in healthy older people.
methodParticipants were 29 healthy older adults (65-78 years old) that were assigned to either an active or a placebo group; the active group received anodal stimulation at 2 mA for 20 min over F7. An experimental task was used to estimate true and false recognition. The procedure took place in two sessions on two consecutive days.
resultsTrue recognition showed a significant main effect of sessions (
conclusionsOverall, our results show that tDCS was an effective tool for increasing true recognition and reducing false recognition in healthy older people, and suggest that stimulation improved recall by increasing the number of items a participant could recall and reducing the number of memory errors.
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