Effects of tDCS on bimanual motor skills : a brief review

dc.contributor.authorPixa, Nils
dc.contributor.authorPollok, Bettina
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-23T09:36:42Z
dc.date.available2018-04-23T11:36:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that allows the modulation of cortical excitability as well as neuroplastic reorganization using a weak constant current applied through the skull on the cerebral cortex. TDCS has been found to improve motor performance in general and motor learning in particular. However, these effects have been reported almost exclusively for unimanual motor tasks such as serial reaction time tasks, adaptation tasks, or visuo-motor tracking. Despite the importance of bimanual actions in most activities of daily living, only few studies have investigated the effects of tDCS on bimanual motor skills. The objectives of this review are (i) to provide a concise overview of the few existing studies in this area and (ii) to discuss the effects of tDCS on bimanual motor skills in healthy volunteers and patients suffering from neurological diseases. Despite considerable variations in stimulation protocols, the bimanual tasks employed, and study designs, the data suggest that tDCS has the potential to enhance bimanual motor skills. The findings imply that the effects of tDCS vary with task demands, such as complexity and the level of expertise of the participating volunteers. Nevertheless, optimized stimulation protocols tailored to bimanual tasks and individual performance considering the underlying neural substrates of task execution are required in order to probe the effectiveness of tDCS in greater detail, thus creating an opportunity to support motor recovery in neuro-rehabilitation.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-376
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/378
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0de_DE
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologiede_DE
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologyen_GB
dc.titleEffects of tDCS on bimanual motor skills : a brief reviewen_GB
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde_DE
jgu.journal.titleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience
jgu.journal.volume12
jgu.organisation.departmentFB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
jgu.organisation.number7910
jgu.organisation.placeMainz
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485
jgu.pages.alternativeArt. 63
jgu.publisher.doi10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00063
jgu.publisher.issn1662-5153
jgu.publisher.nameFrontiers Research Foundation
jgu.publisher.placeLausanne
jgu.publisher.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00063
jgu.publisher.year2018
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess
jgu.subject.ddccode150
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jgu.type.resourceText
jgu.type.versionPublished versionen_GB
opus.affiliatedPixa, Nils
opus.date.accessioned2018-04-23T09:36:42Z
opus.date.available2018-04-23T11:36:42
opus.date.modified2018-04-23T10:02:59Z
opus.identifier.opusid58103
opus.institute.number0208
opus.metadataonlyfalse
opus.organisation.stringFB 02: Sozialwissenschaften, Medien und Sport: Institut für Sportwissenschaftde_DE
opus.subject.dfgcode00-000
opus.type.contenttypeKeinede_DE
opus.type.contenttypeNoneen_GB

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