BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 174-178 , July 2009

Challenges in consenting subjects for studies with brain stimulation: feasibility of multimedia video use during the informed consent process

  • Brittney Hultgren

      Affiliations

    • Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Emmauuel College, Department of Psychology, Boston, Massachusetts
    • equally contributing
    • ,
  • Soroush Zaghi

      Affiliations

    • Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • equally contributing
    • ,
  • Marcelo Carvas

      Affiliations

    • Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Bruno Nascimento

      Affiliations

    • Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Jonna Kwiatkowski

      Affiliations

    • Emmauuel College, Department of Psychology, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Felipe Fregni

      Affiliations

    • Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationBerenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, 330 Brookline Ave, KS 452 Boston, MA 02215

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PII: S1935-861X(09)00009-6

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.01.003

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 174-178 , July 2009

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