Journal
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 154-175Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.02.002
Keywords
Transcranial direct current stimulation; Cognition; Neuropsychiatric diseases; Healthy humans
Funding
- German Ministry for Education and Research [03IPT605E, 01EE1403C]
- DFG [NI683/4-2, NI683/6-1]
- DAAD [A/13/71737]
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Non-invasive brain stimulation is a versatile tool to modulate psychological processes via alterations of brain activity, and excitability. It is applied to explore the physiological basis of cognition and behavior, as well as to reduce clinical symptoms in neurological and psychiatric diseases. Neuromodulatory brain stimulation via transcranial direct currents (tDCS) has gained increased attention recently. In this review we will describe physiological mechanisms of action of tDCS, and summarize its application to modulate psychological processes in healthy humans and neuropsychiatric diseases. Furthermore, beyond giving an overview of the state of the art of tDCS, including limitations, we will outline future directions of research in this relatively young scientific field. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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