"Unfocus" on foc.us: commercial tDCS headset impairs working memory

Laura Steenbergen; Roberta Sellaro; Bernhard Hommel; Ulman Lindenberger; Simone Kühn; Lorenza S Colzato

doi:10.1007/s00221-015-4391-9

"Unfocus" on foc.us: commercial tDCS headset impairs working memory

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"Unfocus" on foc.us: commercial tDCS headset impairs working memory. / Steenbergen, Laura; Sellaro, Roberta; Hommel, Bernhard; Lindenberger, Ulman; Kühn, Simone; Colzato, Lorenza S.

in: EXP BRAIN RES, 18.08.2015.

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Steenbergen, L, Sellaro, R, Hommel, B, Lindenberger, U, Kühn, S & Colzato, LS 2015, '"Unfocus" on foc.us: commercial tDCS headset impairs working memory', EXP BRAIN RES. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-015-4391-9

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Steenbergen, L., Sellaro, R., Hommel, B., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Colzato, L. S. (2015). "Unfocus" on foc.us: commercial tDCS headset impairs working memory. EXP BRAIN RES. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-015-4391-9

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Steenbergen L, Sellaro R, Hommel B, Lindenberger U, Kühn S, Colzato LS. "Unfocus" on foc.us: commercial tDCS headset impairs working memory. EXP BRAIN RES. 2015 Aug 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-015-4391-9

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abstract = "In this study, we tested whether the commercial transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) headset foc.us improves cognitive performance, as advertised in the media. A single-blind, sham-controlled, within-subject design was used to assess the effect of online and off-line foc.us tDCS-applied over the prefrontal cortex in healthy young volunteers (n = 24) on working memory (WM) updating and monitoring. WM updating and monitoring, as assessed by means of the N-back task, is a cognitive-control process that has been shown to benefit from interventions with CE-certified tDCS devices. For both online and off-line stimulation protocols, results showed that active stimulation with foc.us, compared to sham stimulation, significantly decreased accuracy performance in a well-established task tapping WM updating and monitoring. These results provide evidence for the important role of the scientific community in validating and testing far-reaching claims made by the brain training industry.",

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