Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Frontiers Research Foundation
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
25624
Funders
NIMH, NINDA, and NICHD of the NIH, under award numbers R01HD069776, 1R01NS101362-01, 1R01MH111896-01, 1R01NS095123-01, 1R01MH109289-01
AP was partly supported by the Sidney R. Baer Jr. Foundation, the NIH (R01MH100186, R01HD069776, R01NS073601, R21 NS082870, R21 MH099196, R21 NS085491, R21 HD07616)
Football Players Health Study at Harvard University
Harvard Catalyst The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (NCRR and the NCATS NIH, UL1 RR025758)
Abstract
The application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) hasmoved fromthe laboratory to the wider community. This form of non-invasive brain stimulation has been shown in a number of controlled animal and human experiments, over nearly five decades, to modulate brain physiology, cognitive functions, and behavior. While its effects are variable across and within individuals, it is not unreasonable to state that tDCS harbors the potential to enhance executive and physical human performance. In a society increasingly driven to succeed with less effort, performance enhancement with an intervention that has an excellent safety record, is well tolerated, relatively inexpensive and readily available, is particularly appealing. Here, we offer a perspective on tDCS for the enhancement of physical performance in sport.
DOI
10.3389/fnhum.2017.00243
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Edwards, D. J., Cortes, M., Wortman-Jutt, S., Putrino, D., Bikson, M., Thickbroom, G., & Pascual-Leone, A. (2017). Transcranial direct current stimulation and sports performance. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11. 1-4.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00243