The ‘current’ state of the art! Thanks UC Davis for sharing! http://www.youtube.com/user/UCDavis
Dr. Marom Bikson, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The City College of The City University of New York, discussing the cellular mechanisms of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) at the Summit on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at the UC-Davis Center for Mind & Brain.
Dr. Vince Clark, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of New Mexico, speaking on the role of tDCS in cognitive enhancement in a talk at the Summit on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at the UC-Davis Center for Mind & Brain.
In this talk at the Summit on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at the UC-Davis Center for Mind & Brain, Dr. Roy Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses a range of clinical applications of the transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) technique.
Dr. Michael Nitsche, a pioneer in the field of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) from the University of Goettingen in Germany, speaking about the physiological basis of tDCS at the Summit on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at the UC-Davis Center for Mind & Brain.
Dr. Dylan Edwards of the Burke Medical Research Institute, speaking on the role of tDCS and robotics in human motor recovery in a talk at the Summit on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at the UC-Davis Center for Mind & Brain.
Dr. Vincent Walsh of University College London, discussing the current evidence for and against the role of transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) in improving cognition at the Summit on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at the UC-Davis Center for Mind & Brain.
Dear Dr. Marom, I am very impressed that someone is finally brave enough to do the work you are currently researching. I am hopeful that eventually this kind of technology would be available to suffering indivduals who may be interested in this type of help.
God Bless You,
Brian
Vincent Walsh’s video is an eye opener! Everyone must watch it. Basically it shows that the data in the studies published to date (including his own!) CANNOT be relied on. He’s not saying that tDCS is no good, (he says he’s a believer) just that the design of all these studies is flawed. Apparently this happened in the early stages of TMS too. Could it be that tDCS has no side effects because it has no effects?
Hmmmm.
Indeed, however this is the case with most of science. I used parts of this speech in my own research class to strengthen the point you cannot rely on data alone.
“Could it be that tDCS has no side effects because it has no effects?”
This goes to the issues of correlation and causation. Just because two variables correlate, does not mean one causes the other. Perhaps the heightened senses are nothing more than observer bias. You put someone in a lab, they’ll surely act different than they would at a cafe. Which is why it is difficult to say what these folks find in the lab can be translated to the real world.
Bi-polar type 2. Considering TDCS after 4 treatments of TMS and being bounced out because Medicare declined payment, alas.
Found research study at UT Southwestern going on. Suggested I might be perfect for the study. Check it out on internet. Found this . OMG. Think I needed TDCS to even begin to understand this as a layman. I must reallly be depressed if I would submit myself to this.
I am glad you all are doing this research. Thank you for your service and having to learn a whole new language. Carry on.