Topic: tDCS

This talk will focus on our lab's extensive research on understanding and enhancing creative analogical reasoning. I will cover the development of the analogy finding matrix task, evidence for conscious augmentation of creative state during this task, and the real-world implications this ability has for college STEM education. I will also discuss recent research aimed at enhancing performance on this creative analogical reasoning task using both transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS).

Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) techniques, including transcranial alternating and direct current stimulation (tACS and tDCS), are non-invasive brain stimulation technologies increasingly used for modulation of targeted neural and cognitive processes. Integration of tES with human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) provides a novel avenue in human brain mapping for investigating the neural mechanisms underlying tES. Advances in the field of tES-fMRI can be hampered by the methodological variability between studies that confounds comparability/replicability. To address the t

Metacognition encompasses the capability to monitor and control one’s cognitive processes. According to brain imaging, prospective and retrospective second-order judgments recruit widespread portions of prefrontal cortex (PFC), thus leaving the neuronal architecture underlying metacognitive knowledge poorly understood. This pilot experiment makes use of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) targeting the ventromedial PFC (vmPFC) to understand whether this brain region occupies a crucial role in sustaining metacognition. A randomized, double-blind, within-subjects research design was u