Frontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) abolishes list-method directed forgetting

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Silas, J. and Brandt, K. 2016. Frontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) abolishes list-method directed forgetting. Neuroscience Letters. 616, pp. 166-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2016.01.035
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TitleFrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) abolishes list-method directed forgetting
AuthorsSilas, J. and Brandt, K.
Abstract

It is a point of controversy as to whether directed forgetting effects are a result of active inhibition or a change of context initiated by the instruction to forget. In this study we test the causal role of active inhibition in directed forgetting. By applying cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the right prefrontal cortex we suppressed cortical activity commonly associated with inhibitory control. Participants who underwent real brain stimulation before completing the directed forgetting paradigm showed no directed forgetting effects. Conversely, those who underwent sham brain stimulation demonstrated classical directed forgetting effects. We argue that these findings suggest that inhibition is the primary mechanism that results in directed forgetting costs and benefits.

PublisherElsevier
JournalNeuroscience Letters
ISSN0304-3940
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Online25 Jan 2016
Print11 Mar 2016
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Deposited16 Mar 2018
Accepted19 Jan 2016
Output statusPublished
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© 2016. This author's accepted manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2016.01.035
LanguageEnglish
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