
Effects of tDCS over the right DLPFC on attentional disengagement from positive and negative faces : an eye-tracking study
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- Alvaro Sanchez Lopez (UGent) , Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt (UGent) , Chris Baeken (UGent) and Rudi De Raedt (UGent)
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- The aim of this study was to increase insight in the neural substrates of attention processes involved in emotion regulation. The effects of right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (i.e., DLPFC) stimulation on attentional processing of emotional information were evaluated. A novel attention task allowing a straightforward measurement of attentional engagement toward, and attentional disengagement away from emotional faces was used. A sample of healthy participants received 20 minutes of active and sham anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (i.e., tDCS) applied over the right DLPFC on 2 separate days and completed the attention task after receiving real or sham stimulation. Compared to sham stimulation, tDCS over the right DLPFC led to impairments in attentional disengagement from both positive and negative faces. Findings demonstrate a causal role of right DLPFC activity in the generation of attentional impairments that are implicated in emotional disturbances such as depression and anxiety.
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- attentional control, emotion, DLPFC, neurostimulation, Selective attention, DIRECT-CURRENT STIMULATION, TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION, DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX, ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX, EEG ALPHA ASYMMETRY, EMOTION REGULATION, CEREBRAL ASYMMETRY, COGNITIVE CONTROL, MAJOR DEPRESSION, MOTOR CORTEX
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8084518
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- Sanchez Lopez, Alvaro et al. “Effects of tDCS over the Right DLPFC on Attentional Disengagement from Positive and Negative Faces : an Eye-tracking Study.” COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 16.6 (2016): 1027–1038. Print.
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- Sanchez Lopez, A., Vanderhasselt, M.-A., Baeken, C., & De Raedt, R. (2016). Effects of tDCS over the right DLPFC on attentional disengagement from positive and negative faces : an eye-tracking study. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 16(6), 1027–1038.
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- Sanchez Lopez, Alvaro, Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt, Chris Baeken, and Rudi De Raedt. 2016. “Effects of tDCS over the Right DLPFC on Attentional Disengagement from Positive and Negative Faces : an Eye-tracking Study.” Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience 16 (6): 1027–1038.
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- Sanchez Lopez, Alvaro, Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt, Chris Baeken, and Rudi De Raedt. 2016. “Effects of tDCS over the Right DLPFC on Attentional Disengagement from Positive and Negative Faces : an Eye-tracking Study.” Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience 16 (6): 1027–1038.
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- 1.Sanchez Lopez A, Vanderhasselt M-A, Baeken C, De Raedt R. Effects of tDCS over the right DLPFC on attentional disengagement from positive and negative faces : an eye-tracking study. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;16(6):1027–38.
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- [1]A. Sanchez Lopez, M.-A. Vanderhasselt, C. Baeken, and R. De Raedt, “Effects of tDCS over the right DLPFC on attentional disengagement from positive and negative faces : an eye-tracking study,” COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1027–1038, 2016.
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