Baseline task performance predicts mini-mental state examination improvement after individuals with dementia practice an N-back task with bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation

• Carlos Roncero ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: croncero@research.baycrest.org

  Affiliation Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, North York, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-0843

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• Alex Popov,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Mcgill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Bruna Seixas-Lima,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, North York, Ontario, Canada

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• Durjoy Lahiri,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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• Fatemeh Abnavi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Program, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Howard Chertkow

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, North York, Ontario, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Mcgill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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