Healthy subjects will undergo cathodal stimulation of the right posterior parietal Cortex (PPC) and assessment of neglect-like symptoms in the encircling monitor system (EMS) as well as in a standard clinical test (Test Battery for Attention Performance, TAP, Zimmermann \& Fimm, 1993). The aim of this study is to investigate whether cathodal stimulation leads to poorer test performance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
16
Cathodal tDCS applied over the right PPC
Sham tDCS applied over the right PPC
Charité University Medicine
Berlin, Germany
Test performance of young study participants in the encircling monitor system with/without cathodal stimulation
Comparison of the young subjects' performance with vs. without transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the following computerised tests: Star Cancellation (number of omissions, latency \& crossing index; based on Rabufetti, 2012), Landmark (reaction times, accuracy; based on Giglia et al., 2011), Visual Detection (reaction times, omissions; based on Sparing et al., 2009), Extinction (number of correct responses; based on Niedeggen \& Hoffmann, 2011)
Test performance of elderly study participants in the encircling monitor system with/without cathodal stimulation
Comparison of the performance with vs. without transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the following tests: Star Cancellation, Landmark, Visual Detection, Extinction (see above)
Test performance of study participants in the Test Battery for Attention Performance (TAP) with/without cathodal stimulation
Comparison of reaction times and number of omissions in the left and right visual field in the TAP subtest "Neglect" with vs. without tDCS.
Comparison of visual search patterns between neglect patients and healthy subjects with cathodal stimulation
Comparison of visual search direction, structuredness (crossing index), and omissions in the Star Cancellation Test
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