Parameter-Based Evaluation of Attentional Impairments in Schizophrenia and Their Modulation by Prefrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

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ID15524148
AuthorsNadine Gögler (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author), Irina Papazova (0000-0001-8265-788X, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Tatiana Oviedo-Salcedo (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Nina Filipova (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Wolfgang Strube (0000-0003-2380-7651, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Johanna Funk (0000-0002-3811-3778, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Hermann J Müller (0000-0002-4774-5654, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Kathrin Finke (0000-0001-8546-7141, Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Alkomiet Hasan (0000-0002-2662-9742, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Year2017
Volume8
Pages259-259
Publication date2017-11-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00259
PMID29238310
OpenAlexW2768652010
LanguageEN
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With regard to question (i) above, these findings are indicative of a processing speed and short-term memory deficit as primary sources of attentional deficits in schizophrenia. With regard to question (ii), the efficacy of single-dose anodal tDCS for improving (speed aspects of visual) cognition, it appears that prefrontal tDCS (at the settings used in the present study), rather than ameliorating the processing speed deficit in schizophrenia, actually may interfere with practice-dependent improvements in the rate of visual information uptake. Such potentially unexpected effects of tDCS ought to be taken into consideration when discussing its applicability in psychiatric populations. The study was registered at http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=DRKS00011665

Brain stimulation · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Prefrontal cortex · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Stimulation · Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Medicine · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology · Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

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