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Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Modulates Risky Decision Making in a Frequency-Controlled Experiment.
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- Mapping the Causal Correlates of Risky and Ambiguous Decision-Making: Evidence from tES Research.Brain topography · 2025Pooled it
- Spatial migration of human reward processing with functional development: Evidence from quantitative meta-analyses.Human brain mapping · 2020Pooled it
- Cognitive Brain Signatures of Youth With Early Onset and Relatives With Schizophrenia: Evidence From fMRI Meta-analyses.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2020Pooled it
- A new perspective for evaluating the efficacy of tACS and tDCS in improving executive functions: A combined tES and fNIRS study.Human brain mapping · 2024Trial
- Right‑DLPFC rTMS Transiently Modulates Risky Decision-Making and EEG Oscillatory Activity.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- α -tACS Modulates Reward-Dependent Pupil Responses and Corticostriatal Connectivity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation over left DLPFC modulates feedback processing: a simultaneous tACS-fMRI study.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Targeting Executive Function and Language Impairments with tACS Combined with Behavioral Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Case-Series, Pilot Investigation.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Enhances Working Memory Ability in Healthy People: An EEG Microstate Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Research progress on the intervention of cognitive function using transcranial alternating current stimulation technology.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The effect of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Iowa Gambling Task: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Alpha and Theta Oscillations Are Causally Linked to Interference Inhibition: Evidence from High-Definition Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Effects of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation on Gambling and Gaming: A Systematic Review of Studies on Healthy Controls, Participants with Gambling/Gaming Disorder, and Substance Use Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Online and offline effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation of the primary motor cortex.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Modulation of Cognitive Performance with Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation: A Systematic Review of Frequency-Specific Effects.Brain sciences · 2020Review
- Probing the Link Between Perception and Oscillations: Lessons from Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2020Review
- State-Dependent Effects of Transcranial Oscillatory Currents on the Motor System during Action Observation.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Uncertainty Modulates the Effect of Transcranial Stimulation Over the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex on Decision-Making Under Threat.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- Neural Dynamics of Processing Probability Weight and Monetary Magnitude in the Evaluation of a Risky Reward.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Modulation of Working Memory Using Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: A Direct Comparison Between TACS and TDCS.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
In this study, we investigated the effect of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on voluntary risky decision making and executive control in humans. Stimulation was delivered online at 5 Hz (θ), 10 Hz (α), 20 Hz (β), and 40 Hz (γ) on the left and right frontal area while participants performed a modified risky decision-making task. This task allowed participants to voluntarily select between risky and certain decisions associated with potential gains or losses, while simultaneously measuring the cognitive control component (voluntary switching) of decision making. The purpose of this experimental design was to test whether voluntary risky decision making and executive control can be modulated with tACS in a frequency-specific manner. Our results revealed a robust effect of a 20-Hz stimulation over the left prefrontal area that significantly increased voluntary risky decision making, which may suggest a possible link between risky decision making and reward processing, underlined by β-oscillatory activity.
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