ArticleBrain sciences2021
Beyond Reading Modulation: Temporo-Parietal tDCS Alters Visuo-Spatial Attention and Motion Perception in Dyslexia.
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The Effects of Methylphenidate (MPH) and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (tDCS) on Inhibitory Control Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of transcranial electrical stimulation in individuals with specific learning disorder (SLD): systematic review and transfer analysis.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials on efficacy and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in major neurodevelopmental disorders: ADHD, autism, and dyslexia.Brain and behavior · 2022Pooled it
- The use of noninvasive brain stimulation techniques to improve reading difficulties in dyslexia: A systematic review.Human brain mapping · 2022Pooled it
- Cognitive Training Combined with Multifocal tDCS over the Reading Network Improves Reading Performance: A Case of Severe Dyslexia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Improving Reading and Eye Movement Control in Readers with Oculomotor and Visuo-Attentional Deficits.Journal of eye movement research · 2025Article
- On the Effects of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Techniques on Developmental Dyslexia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Developmental Dyslexia: a scoping review.CoDAS · 2025Article
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in neurogenetic syndromes: new treatment perspectives for Down syndrome?Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
- Effects of online tDCS and hf-tRNS on reading performance in children and adolescents with developmental dyslexia: a study protocol for a cross sectional, within-subject, randomized, double-blind, and sham-controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- The efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in the treatment of children and adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa: study protocol of a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Effects of a short and intensive transcranial direct current stimulation treatment in children and adolescents with developmental dyslexia: A crossover clinical trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Brain stimulation: a therapeutic approach for the treatment of neurological disorders.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2022Review
- Boosting Numerical Cognition in Children and Adolescents with Mathematical Learning Disabilities by a Brain-Based Intervention: A Study Protocol for a Randomized, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Disrupted Spatial Organization of Cued Exogenous Attention Persists Into Adulthood in Developmental Dyslexia.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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11 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder with an atypical activation of posterior left-hemisphere brain reading networks (i.e., temporo-occipital and temporo-parietal regions) and multiple neuropsychological deficits. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a tool for manipulating neural activity and, in turn, neurocognitive processes. While studies have demonstrated the significant effects of tDCS on reading, neurocognitive changes beyond reading modulation have been poorly investigated. The present study aimed at examining whether tDCS on temporo-parietal regions affected not only reading, but also phonological skills, visuo-spatial working memory, visuo-spatial attention, and motion perception in a polarity-dependent way. In a within-subjects design, ten children and adolescents with dyslexia performed reading and neuropsychological tasks after 20 min of exposure to Left Anodal/Right Cathodal (LA/RC) and Right Anodal/Left Cathodal (RA/LC) tDCS. LA/RC tDCS compared to RA/LC tDCS improved text accuracy, word recognition speed, motion perception, and modified attentional focusing in our group of children and adolescents with dyslexia. Changes in text reading accuracy and word recognition speed-after LA/RC tDCS compared to RA/LC-were related to changes in motion perception and in visuo-spatial working memory, respectively. Our findings demonstrated that reading and domain-general neurocognitive functions in a group of children and adolescents with dyslexia change following tDCS and that they are polarity-dependent.
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