ArticleCognitive neuroscience
Prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) enhances behavioral and EEG markers of proactive control.
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- Combined Use of Electroencephalography and Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Towards optimized methodological parameters for maximizing the behavioral effects of transcranial direct current stimulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
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- Effects of HF-rTMS over the left and right DLPFC on proactive and reactive cognitive control.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2022Article
- Decreased preparatory activation and inattention to cues suggest lower activation of proactive cognitive control among high procrastinating students.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- An Electrophysiological Model for Assessing Cognitive Load in Tacit Coordination Games.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study examined the effects of stimulation targeting dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) on behavioral and neural oscillatory markers of proactive cognitive control in healthy adults. We hypothesized that active stimulation targeting the DLPFC would enhance proactive control compared to sham, leading to changes in the pattern of error rates and gamma-band power on the Dot Pattern Expectancy (DPX) task. We recorded EEG while participants completed the DPX, after receiving either 20 minutes of active DLPFC stimulation at 2 mA or sham stimulation in a counterbalanced within-participants design. The results showed significant tDCS-induced changes in the pattern of error rates on the DPX task indicative of enhanced proactive control, as well as predicted increases in gamma power associated with the engagement of proactive control. These results provide support for the role of DLPFC-mediated gamma activity in proactive cognitive control, and further, indicate that proactive control can be enhanced with non-invasive neurostimulation.
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