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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Working Memory: A Review

  • ZHANG Caidi ,
  • JIANG Jiangling ,
  • ZHU Yikang
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  • Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
*ZHANG Caidi, caidi_zhang@smhc.org.cn

Online published: 2024-10-16

Abstract

With the development of the research on central nervous function and neuropathology, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has become a research hotspot again. In order to understand the intervention effect of tDCS on working memory, this review systematically searched different databases to give an overview of the intervention effect of tDCS on different groups of people and the influence of different settings of intervention parameters on the intervention effect.

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ZHANG Caidi , JIANG Jiangling , ZHU Yikang . Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Working Memory: A Review[J]. Psychological Communications, 2021 , 4(1) : 49 -54 . DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.219042

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