Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Language

James Livengood; Joseph J van Steenburgh; Rasika Jayatillake; Tracy D. Vannorsdall; David J. Schretlen; Barry Gordon

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.54052-5

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Language

James Livengood, Joseph J van Steenburgh, Rasika Jayatillake, Tracy D. Vannorsdall, David J. Schretlen, Barry Gordon

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Abstract

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may be able to affect language functions, over both shorter (minutes) and longer (hours to perhaps months) intervals. Individual differences in psychological capacities, neurophysiology, and neuroanatomy make within-subjects, repeated-measures designs ideal for tDCS studies using present-day methods. True 'sham' stimulation may not be possible at higher levels of current. Designs that take these factors into account, coupled with improved methods of focusing current and orchestrating when and where it is applied, will likely strengthen the usefulness of tDCS for investigating language functions and improving them.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	533-544
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.54052-5
State	Published - Mar 26 2015

Keywords

Blinding
Cross-over trials
Direct current
Electrical
Individual differences
Language
Metaplasticity
Neurophysiology
Replicability
Sham
Speech
Stimulation
TDCS
Transcranial
Within-subjects designs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

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