Right-sided transcranial direct current stimulation and attentional salience of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia

Abstract

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a safe, noninvasive technique demonstrated to reduce persistent auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia. Here, we report the differential effect of tDCS on auditory hallucinations against other positive symptoms and also the use of right-sided tDCS in patients with increased attentional salience toward auditory hallucinations.

Keywords

• Auditory hallucinations
• positive symptoms
• salience
• transcranial direct current stimulation