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| Title |
Altering Automatic Verbal Processes with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00073 |
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| Authors |
Tracy D. Vannorsdall, David J. Schretlen, Megan Andrejczuk, Kerry Ledoux, Laura V. Bosley, Jacqueline R. Weaver, Richard L. Skolasky, Barry Gordon |
| Abstract |
Background: Word retrieval during verbal fluency tasks invokes both automatic and controlled cognitive processes. A distinction has been made between the generation of words clusters and switches between such clusters on verbal fluency tasks. Clusters, defined by the reporting of contiguous words that constitute semantic or phonemic subcategories, are thought to reflect relatively automatic processing. In contrast, switching from one subcategory to another is thought to require a more controlled, effortful form of cognitive processing. Objective: In this single-blind, sham-controlled experiment, we investigated whether anodal and cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can differentially modify controlled or automatic processes that support lexical retrieval, as assessed by clustering and switching on verbal fluency tasks, in 24 healthy right-handed adults. Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to receive 1 mA of either anodal (excitatory) or cathodal (inhibitory) active tDCS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in addition to sham stimulation over the same region in counterbalanced order. Participants engaged in various cognitive activities during the first 23 min of stimulation. Then, during the final segment of each 30-min session, they completed letter- and category-cued word fluency tasks. Results: Participants reported more words on category-cued word fluency tasks during anodal than sham stimulation (25.9 vs. 23.0 words; p = 0.055). They also showed a net increase in the number of clustered words during anodal stimulation compared to a net decrease during cathodal stimulation (1.3 vs. -1.5 words; p = 0.038). Conclusion: tDCS can selectively alter automatic aspects of speeded lexical retrieval in a polarity-dependent fashion during a category-guided fluency task. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 17 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 16 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 33 | 43% |
| Neuroscience | 13 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 3 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 19 | 25% |
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