TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION MODULATES BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING DUAL-TASK STANDING IN OLDER ADULTS
Melike Kahya, Natalia Gouskova, On-Yee Lo, Junhong Zhou, Davide Cappon, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Lewis Lipsitz, Brad Manor · 2023
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Description
Standing while doing a mental task gets harder with age, and the body sways more as attention splits. Melike Kahya and seven co-authors test whether gentle brain stimulation can ease that cost in this 2023 study of older adults. The method sends a weak current to two brain areas tied to attention and movement.
Thirty people took part in two visits, getting real or sham stimulation for twenty minutes in random order. Before and after, they stood quietly and also stood while counting backward aloud, as brain waves and sway were recorded. Real stimulation shrank the dual-task cost in one brain wave band and in sway measures, compared with sham. The authors read this as a sign the stimulation helps the brain handle posture and thought together.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Melike Kahya, Natalia Gouskova, On-Yee Lo, Junhong Zhou, Davide Cappon, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Lewis Lipsitz, Brad Manor |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |