Enhancing Working Memory Training with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Abstract
ABSTRACT Enhancing Working Memory Training with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation We propose three experiments to test the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to enhance the effectiveness of training in working memory. These experiments are part of a longer term program to establish whether tDCS is an effective tool to enhance training effects and to establish whether it also yields larger transfer effects to higher cognitive processes. The first experiment will test participants in 4 groups: (1) those given by tDCS and working memory training; (2) those given just tDCS; (3) those given just working memory training; (4) those given sham tDCS and working memory training. The outcome variables, tested before and after training, include measures of near transfer. The experiment is a vital first step to discover whether a proven technique for training higher cognitive processes can be enhanced even more by brain stimulation. The second experiment is a replication of the first, using stimulation over the right hemisphere. The third experiment examines a wider range of transfer measures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512156
Entities
People
- John Jonides
Organizations
- Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy