“…The published studies included 664 participants, after correcting for secondary analyses publications using the same participants, comprising of 56.93% females and 43.07% males ( Table 1 ). Seven out of the 20 studies were conducted in healthy individuals ( Badran et al, 2017 ; Clarke et al, 2020 ; Danilewitz et al, 2021 ; Hunter et al, 2018 ; Nishida et al, 2021 ; Robinson et al, 2019 ; Sefat et al, 2022 ), while the remaining studies tested the combination of tDCS and meditation in patient groups diagnosed with conditions such as chronic pain ( Ahn et al, 2019; Pimenta et al, 2021 ; Pollonini et al, 2020 ; Ramasawmy et al, 2022 ), psychological disorders ( Alizadehgoradel et al, 2021 ; Brooks et al, 2021 ; Brown et al, 2020 ; Gibson et al, 2022 ; Hung, 2019 ; Monnart et al, 2019 ; Witkiewitz et al, 2019 ), mild cognitive impairment ( Liao et al, 2021 ), and movement disorders ( Park et al, 2021 ). All the ongoing studies test the combined intervention in diseased populations ( Table 2 ).…”