Here, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a potent ial tool for alleviating various forms of cognitive decline, including memory loss, in older adults. However, past effects of tDCS on cognitive ability have been mixed. One important potential moderator of tDCS effects is the baseline level of cognitive performance. We tested the effects of tDCS on face-name associative memory in older adults, who suffer from performance deficits in this task relative to younger adults. Stimulation was applied to the left inferior prefrontal cortex during encoding of face-name pairs, and memory was assessed with both a recognition and recall task. As a result, face–name memory performance was decreased with the use of tDCS. This result was driven by increased false alarms when recognizing rearranged face–name pairs.
Leach, Ryan C., et al. "Transcranial stimulation over the left inferior frontal gyrus increases false alarms in an associative memory task in older adults." Healthy Aging Research, vol. 5, Jul. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hxr.0000491108.83234.85
Leach, Ryan C., McCurdy, Matthew P., Trumbo, Michael C., Matzen, Laura E., & Leshikar, Eric D. (2016). Transcranial stimulation over the left inferior frontal gyrus increases false alarms in an associative memory task in older adults. Healthy Aging Research, 5. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hxr.0000491108.83234.85
Leach, Ryan C., McCurdy, Matthew P., Trumbo, Michael C., et al., "Transcranial stimulation over the left inferior frontal gyrus increases false alarms in an associative memory task in older adults," Healthy Aging Research 5 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hxr.0000491108.83234.85
@article{osti_1338318,
author = {Leach, Ryan C. and McCurdy, Matthew P. and Trumbo, Michael C. and Matzen, Laura E. and Leshikar, Eric D.},
title = {Transcranial stimulation over the left inferior frontal gyrus increases false alarms in an associative memory task in older adults},
annote = {Here, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a potent ial tool for alleviating various forms of cognitive decline, including memory loss, in older adults. However, past effects of tDCS on cognitive ability have been mixed. One important potential moderator of tDCS effects is the baseline level of cognitive performance. We tested the effects of tDCS on face-name associative memory in older adults, who suffer from performance deficits in this task relative to younger adults. Stimulation was applied to the left inferior prefrontal cortex during encoding of face-name pairs, and memory was assessed with both a recognition and recall task. As a result, face–name memory performance was decreased with the use of tDCS. This result was driven by increased false alarms when recognizing rearranged face–name pairs.},
doi = {10.1097/01.hxr.0000491108.83234.85},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1338318},
journal = {Healthy Aging Research},
issn = {ISSN 2261-7434},
volume = {5},
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {07}}