I'm looking for studies that have investigated the impacts of transcranial direct stimulation and repeated magnetic transcranial stimulation on reading processes. Can they help dyslexic people?
I think there have been a few studies. See the references below; some may be purely speculative, but some present empirical evidence. How extensive or how high-quality? I don't know. The most active person in the field seems to be Floriana Costanzo, who is in the child neuropsychiatric unit of a Roman hospital. Her lab's director seems to be one Deny Menghini. His contact information is as follows: Menghini, Deny, Bambino Gesu Children Hospital, Department of Neuroscience, Child Neuropsychiatric Unit, Piazza Sant Onofrio 4, I-00165, Rome, Italy, [email protected]
Good luck!
Left lateralizing transcranial direct current stimulation improves reading efficiency. (Turkeltaub et al.) Brain Stimulation, Vol 5(3), Jul, 2012 pp. 201-207.
How to improve reading skills in dyslexics: The effect of high frequency rTMS. (Costanzo et al.) Neuropsychologia, Vol 51(14), Dec, 2013 pp. 2953-2959.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS): A useful tool also for patients suffering from dyslexia? (Niederhofer) Acta Neuropsychologica, Vol7(3), 2009 pp. 193-195.
Evidence for reading improvement following tDCS treatment in children and adolescents with Dyslexia. (Costanzo et al.) Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Vol 34(2), 2016 pp. 215-226.
Transcranial direct current stimulation: A remediation tool for the treatment of childhood congenital dyslexia? (Vicario et al.) Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol 7, Apr 22, 2013 ArtID: 139.
Reading changes in children and adolescents with dyslexia after transcranial direct current stimulation. (Costanzo et al.) NeuroReport: For Rapid Communication of Neuroscience Research, Vol 27(5), Mar 23, 2016 pp. 295-300.
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