Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the right anterior temporal lobe did not significantly affect verbal insight.

ABSTRACT: Humans often utilize past experience to solve difficult problems. However, if past experience is insufficient to solve a problem, solvers may reach an impasse. Insight can be valuable for breaking an impasse, enabling the reinterpretation or re-representation of a problem. Previous studies using between-subjects designs have revealed a causal relationship between the anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) and non-verbal insight, by enhancing the right ATL while inhibiting the left ATL using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). In addition, neuroimaging studies have reported a correlation between right ATL activity and verbal insight. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that the right ATL is causally related to both non-verbal and verbal insight. To test this hypothesis, we conducte

SUBMITTER: Aihara T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597234 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature