Cognitive reserve predicts episodic memory enhancement induced by transcranial direct current stimulation in healthy older adults.

ABSTRACT: Episodic memory shows the largest degree of age-related decline. Anodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) can enhance episodic memory in aging but there is also evidence of response variability even when using identical stimulation parameters. To explore which inter-individual factors (i.e. age, education, encoding performance, cognitive reserve, tDCS group and timing of tDCS application) may directly and/or indirectly modulate verbal memory recall, we used data from our previous tDCS studies that showed enhanced episodic memory recall in 80 healthy older adults. In these studies we used the same paradigm and stimulation parameters but tDCS was applied during different memory stages. Memory recall was tested 48 hours and 30 days after encoding. Univariate regression models sho

SUBMITTER: Sandrini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10902403 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature