Impacts of transcranial direct current stimulation on cognitive functions in dependence of the time point of stimulation

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010571

Enrollment

Registered

2016-09-21

Start date

2016-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Healthy volunteers

Interventions

Group 1: Group 1: Healthy adults (aged 18-30, n=20)

Behavioural parameters of cognitive tasks (EpiTrack, VLMT, ROCFT, mental rotation test, Go/NoGo) with tDCS (Transcranial direct current stimulation) before n-back task Group 2: Group 2: Healthy adults

Behavioural parameters of cognitive tasks (EpiTrack, VLMT, ROCFT, mental rotation test, Go/NoGo) with tDCS (Transcranial direct current stimulation) during n-back task Group 3: Group 3: Healthy adults

Behavioural parameters of cognitive tasks (EpiTrack, VLMT, ROCFT, mental rotation test, Go/NoGo) with tDCS (Transcranial direct current stimulation) after n-back task Group 4: Group 4: Healthy adults

Behavioural parameters of cognitive tasks (EpiTrack, VLMT, ROCFT, mental rotation test, Go/NoGo) with sham-tDCS

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age: 18-30 years Righthander capacity to consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Internistic or neurological disorders and diseases; • Age 30; • IQ < 85; • Epilepsia or epileptic or febrile seizure; • Metal implants in head (cochlear implant); • Heart diseases, pacemakers and defibrillators; • Traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness; • Poor compliance; • Pregnancy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cognitive tasks: EpiTrack (attention and executive functions), VLMT (verbal memory, performance of learning, encoding, recal and recognition), ROCFT (visual construction and memory), mental rotation test (rotating objects in mind), Go/NoGo (attention and predictable appearance of stimuli).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
n-Back paradigma. The questionnaire (1) on adverse events , after stimuilation. (1) C. Poreisz, K. Boros, A. Antal, W. Paulus, Safety aspects of transcranial direct current stimulation concerning healthy subjects and patients, Brain Res Bull, 72 (2007) 208-214.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMichael Siniatchkin

Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische SoziologieUniversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

siniatchkin@med-psych.uni-kiel.de04315988751

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026