tDCS Placement Montage Maps, Studies

See Brain Maps below that indicate where the electrodes were placed in independent studies. These are known as “Montages”.

Target Behavior / Uses	Anode (+) Placement	Cathode (−) Placement	Study
Decreased depression / increased organization / improved mood	DLPFC (FP1)	DLPFC (OZ, CZ)	D. Martin; C. Loo (2014)
Decreased depression / reduced food & alcohol craving	DLPFC (F3)	Right shoulder	Fregni (2007); Boggio (2007)
Improved mood / enhanced cognitive control	DLPFC (F3)	Supraorbital (Fp2)	Vanderhasselt et al. (2013)
Reduce risk taking	DLPFC (F4)	DLPFC (F3)	Fecteau et al. (2007)
Increased impulsiveness / present awareness	Mastoid (P10)	DLPFC (F4)	Beeli et al. (2008) ; Ledoux (1996)
Improved social interaction / reduced punishment of unfair behavior	Left orbital (Fp1)	DLPFC (F4)	Knoch et al. (2008)
Attention improvement / working-memory improvement	Orbital PFC (Fp1 & Fp2)	Shoulder	Gladwin et al. (2012)
Insight improvement / cognitive enhancement	Temporal (T4)	Temporal (T3)	Chi & Snider (2011)
Improved socialization / empathy / emotional regulation	Temporal (T4 & T6), Parietal (P4)	Shoulder	Hétu (2010)
Improved motor-skills recovery / motor learning	Ipsilesional (C3)	Orbital (Fp1 or Fp2)	Lindenberg (2010)
Theta-tDCS / improved sleep	DLPFC (F3 & F4)	Mastoid (P10 & P9)	Marshall & Kirov (2011)

The 10-20 International System of Electrode Placement