Boosting Learning Efficacy with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Intact and Brain-Damaged Humans
This Accepted Manuscript has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version. Research Articles: Behavioral/Cognitive Boosting learning efficacy with non-invasive brain stimulation in intact and brain-damaged humans F. Herpich1,2,3, F. Melnick, M.D.4 , S. Agosta1 , K.R. Huxlin4 , D. Tadin4 and L Battelli1,5,6 1Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems@UniTn, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy 2Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy 3kbo Klinikum-Inn-Salzach, Gabersee 7, 83512, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany 4Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Flaum Eye Institute and Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA 5Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02215 Massachusetts, USA 6Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3248-18.2019 Received: 28 December 2018 Revised: 10 April 2019 Accepted: 8 May 2019 Published: 27 May 2019 Author contributions: F.H., M.D.M., K.H., D.T., and L.B. designed research; F.H., M.D.M., and S.A. performed research; F.H., M.D.M., and D.T. analyzed data; F.H., M.D.M., and L.B. wrote the first draft of the paper; M.D.M., S.A., K.H., D.T., and L.B. edited the paper; K.H., D.T., and L.B. wrote the paper. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing financial interests. The present study was funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento, Call “Grandi Progetti 2012”, project “Characterizing and improving brain mechanisms of attention — ATTEND (FH, SA, LB), “Fondazione Caritro — Bando Ricerca e Sviluppo Economico” (FH), NIH (DT, MM and KRH: R01 grants EY027314 and EY021209, CVS training grant T32 EY007125), and by an unrestricted grant from the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Foundation to the Flaum Eye Institute.
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