Hits and misses: leveraging tDCS to advance cognitive research

Berryhill, Marian E.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00800

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Hits and misses: leveraging tDCS to advance cognitive research

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Berryhill, Marian E.·2014·Frontiers in Psychology

DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00800PMC PMC4111100

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The popularity of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in basic, commercial, and applied settings grew tremendously over the last decade. Here, we focus on one popular neurostimulation method: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Many assumptions regarding the outcomes of tDCS are based on the results of stimulating motor cortex. For instance, the primary motor cortex is predictably suppressed by cathodal tDCS or made more excitable by anodal tDCS. However, wide-ranging studies testing cognition provide more complex and sometimes paradoxical results that challenge this heuristic. Here, we first summarize successful efforts in applying tDCS to cognitive questions, with a focus on working memory (WM). These recent findings indicate that tDCS can result in cognitive task improvement or impairment regardless of stimulation site or direction of current flow. We then report WM and response inhibition studies that failed to replicate and/or extend previously reported effects. From these opposing outcomes, we present a series of factors to consider that are intended to facilitate future use of tDCS when applied to cognitive questions. In short, common pitfalls include testing too few participants, using insufficiently challenging tasks, using heterogeneous participant populations, and including poorly motivated participants. Furthermore, the poorly understood underlying mechanism for long-lasting tDCS effects make it likely that other important factors predict responses. In conclusion, we argue that although tDCS can be used experimentally to understand brain function its greatest potential may be in applied or translational research.

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Single-session transcranial direct current stimulation induces enduring enhancement of visual processing speed in patients with major depression
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Goethe-University Frankfurt am
Berryhill, M. E., Peterson, D. J., Jones, K. T., Stephens, J. A., Lucía, O., Arana, G., Marshall, L., Berryhill, M. E., In, P., & Sciences, B. (2014)
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Authors: Berryhill, M. E.
Affiliations: University of Nevada, Reno (US)
Corresponding author: Berryhill, Marian E.
ORCID: Berryhill, Marian E.
Venue: Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2014
Volume: 5
Pages: 800-800
ISSN: 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00800
PMC: PMC4111100
OpenAlex: W2172250870
Cited by: 128
References: 112
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 1
FWCI: 9.37
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
Locations: Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders: National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute (R15EY022775)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P20GM103650, NIH P20GM103650)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Keywords: transcranial direct current stimulation, cognitive enhancement, working memory, response inhibition, non-invasive brain stimulation, replication failure, participant heterogeneity, participant motivation, translational research

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