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SUMMARY:New physiological findings in human brain stimulation: why most cl
 aims to cognitive enhancement are probably false. - Professor Vincent Wals
 h\, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience\, University College London
DTSTART:20160115T163000Z
DTEND:20160115T180000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) has been associ
 ated with claims to enhance many different cognitive functions (memory\, d
 ecision making\, numerical cognition\, attention\, planning\, creativity\,
  mood and more\, and has also been claimed to effect improvements in parki
 nson disease\, anxiety\, depression\, MS\, ALS\, Tourette's syndrome\, aut
 ism and more). Following failures to replicate some prominent studies (inc
 luding one of my own) I reinvestigated some of the claims made based on th
 e physiology of TDCS. This physiology is based on findings in the motor co
 rtex and it is assumed that it transfers to silent areas of cortex. The re
 sults suggest that some of the most prominent studies in the TDCS and othe
 r non-invasive brain stimulation  (NIBS) literature\, cannot have been cau
 sed by the claimed physiology of the stimulation. I will further specifica
 lly challenge some double standards\, special pleading and lack of control
 s that have become standard in the literature. I will conclude by proposin
 g a set of minimum criteria for publication and assessment of TDCS and oth
 er NIBS papers.\n\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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