The Effect of Timing of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Enhancing Learning During Cognitive Training

The University of New South Wales

Status: Completed

Conditions: Effects on Learning

Treatments: Device: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01339585

HREC 11064

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will investigate a novel strategy for enhancing cognitive training (CT). Specifically, the investigators aim to combine a non-invasive form of brain stimulation (tDCS) with CT. This study will examine the optimal time interval - whether tDCS should be administered either before or during CT.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants will be healthy right-handed subjects aged 18 to 40 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Concurrent medication likely to affect mental performance,
• Current history of drug or alcohol abuse or dependence,
• Any psychiatric or neurological disorder,
• Recent head injury, or history of seizure or stroke.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Timing of tDCS

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Alternative timing of tDCS

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)