Inclusion Criteria | |
1. Referred to the service 2. Are between 18 and 69 years of age, inclusive 3. Have capacity and able to provide informed consent 4. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing 5. Having a working memory impairment (see screening procedure) 6. At least 3 months between the injury and the starting of the study 7. Has a computer or has access to a computer | |
Exclusion criteria | |
1. Pre-injury psychiatric or neurological disease by self-report (e.g., anxiety disorder, ADHD, Parkinson’s disease, etc.) 2. History of diagnosed severe depression (diagnosed pre-injury) 3. History of epilepsy (diagnosed pre-injury) 4. Family history of epilepsy 5. Have had fainting spells or syncope in the last 3 years pre-injury 6. Have significant hearing loss, vision or motor impairment that would prevent them from performing the task 7. Known to be pregnant 8. Consuming medication affecting cortical excitability or recreational drugsa 9. Metal (except titanium) or electronic implants in the brain /skull (e.g., splinters, fragments, clips, cochlear implant, deep brain stimulation, medication pump…) 10. Metal (except titanium) or any electronic device at other sites in your body, such as cardiac pacemaker or traumatic metallic residual fragments 11. Have skin problems such as dermatitis, psoriasis or eczema under the stimulation sites 12. Have had brain stimulation in the past 6 months 13. Have undergone transcranial electric or magnetic stimulation in the past (more than 6 months) which resulted in adverse effects 14. Skull fractures, significant skull defects, skull plates or large vessels occlusions, no significant cortical lesion or atrophy at the site of electrode 15. Having had a seizure at the time of accident or between the injury and starting of the therapy. |