Can tDCS enhance item-specific effects and generalizion after linguistically motivated aphasia therapy for verbs?

Can tDCS enhance item-specific effects and generalizion after linguistically motivated aphasia therapy for verbs?

Background. Aphasia therapy focusing on abstract properties of language promotes both item-specific effects and generalization to untreated materials. Neuromodulation with transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to enhance item-specific improvement, but its potential to enhance...

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Main Authors: Vânia ede Aguiar, Roelien eBastiaanse, Rita eCapasso, Marialuisa eGandolfi, Nicola eSmania, Giorgio eRossi, Gabriele eMiceli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
sentence production
Neuromodulation
transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
generalization
aphasia rehabilitation
verb retrieval
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00190/full

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