ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2017
The Effects of Theta and Gamma tACS on Working Memory and Electrophysiology.
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- Is transcranial alternating current stimulation effective for improving working memory? A three-level meta-analysis.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation in the Enhancement of Working Memory Performance in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Meta-Analysis.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2023Pooled it
- Long-term effects of bifrontal transcranial alternating current stimulation on verbal working memory and episodic memory in young healthy adults.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Boosting working memory in the elderly: driving prefrontal theta-gamma coupling via repeated neuromodulation.GeroScience · 2025Trial
- 80 Hz but not 40 Hz, transcranial alternating current stimulation of 80 Hz over right intraparietal sulcus increases visuospatial working memory capacity.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Research outside the laboratory: Longitudinal at-home neurostimulation.Behavioural brain research · 2022Trial
- CP5-Centered Parietal HD-tACS Is Associated with Improved Performance in a Smartphone-Based Shopping Task in Older Adults: A Behavioral and EEG Investigation.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Exploring the Effects of tACS Duration on Resting-State EEG: An Exploratory Within-Subject Study in Healthy Volunteers.Journal of medical systems · 2026Article
- Enhanced intraparietal phase-lag synchronization in the high-gamma band during retention of visuospatial working memory.Biomedical engineering letters · 2026Article
- Haemodynamic correlates of bilateral 6 Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation during working memory enhancement revealed by fNIRS.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Dissociating stimulus and task effects on neural oscillations during n-back tasks.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Restoring Vision with Noninvasive Brain Stimulation: A Narrative Review.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2025Review
- Effect of theta-transcranial alternating current stimulation on working memory performance among healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- γ neuromodulations: unraveling biomarkers for neurological and psychiatric disorders.Military Medical Research · 2025Review
- Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Enhances Working Memory Ability in Healthy People: An EEG Microstate Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Repetitive Gamma-tACS Improves the Reaction Times of Healthy Young Adults in a Visuospatial Working Memory Task: A Randomized Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Amplitude of Intracranial Induced Electric Fields Does Not Linearly Decrease with Age: A Computational Study of Anatomical Effects in Adults.Biosensors · 2025Article
- Exploring the n-back task: insights, applications, and future directions.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Neuroplastic effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS): from mechanisms to clinical trials.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Aligning Event-Related Potentials with Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for Modulation-a Review.Brain topography · 2024Review
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Abstract
A single blind sham-controlled study was conducted to explore the effects of theta and gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on offline performance on working memory tasks. In order to systematically investigate how specific parameters of tACS affect working memory, we manipulated the frequency of stimulation (theta frequency vs. gamma frequency), the type of task (n-back vs. change detection task) and the content of the tasks (verbal vs. figural stimuli). A repeated measures design was used that consisted of three sessions: theta tACS, gamma tACS and sham tACS. In total, four experiments were conducted which differed only with respect to placement of tACS electrodes (bilateral frontal, bilateral parietal, left fronto-parietal and right-fronto parietal). Healthy female students (
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