ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2020
Frontal Beta Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Improves Reversal Learning.
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- The potential of event-related beta oscillations as biomarkers for neuromodulatory treatment efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Continuous theta burst stimulation to the medial posterior cerebellum impairs reversal learning in healthy volunteers.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Phase-lagged tACS between executive and default mode networks modulates working memory.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A home-based EEG neurofeedback treatment for chronic neuropathic pain-a pilot study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Excessive propagation of right frontal beta oscillations in patients with a history of major depressive disorder.Biomedical engineering letters · 2025Article
- Advances in Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Techniques for Improving Cognitive Function: A Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Induced neural phase precession through exogenous electric fields.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Induced neural phase precession through exogeneous electric fields.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Neuroimaging Approach: Effects of Hot and Cold Germinated Wheat Beverages on Electroencephalographic (EEG) Activity of the Human Brain.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Intensity- and frequency-specific effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation are explained by network dynamics.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 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
- Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Neurorehabilitation in Post-Stroke Patients.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Neurocognitive, physiological, and biophysical effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2023Review
- Decision neuroscience and neuroeconomics: Recent progress and ongoing challenges.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science · 2022Review
- Behavioral and electrocortical effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation during advice-guided decision-making.Neuroimage. Reports · 2021Article
- Causal role of cross-frequency coupling in distinct components of cognitive control.Progress in neurobiology · 2021Article
- Effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on reversal learning performance during threat of shock.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Electroencephalogram (EEG) studies suggest an association between beta (13-30 Hz) power and reversal learning performance. In search for direct evidence concerning the involvement of beta oscillations in reversal learning, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) was applied in a double-blind, sham-controlled and between-subjects design. Exogenous oscillatory currents were administered bilaterally to the frontal cortex at 20 Hz with an intensity of 1 mA peak-to-peak and the effects on reward-punishment based reversal learning were evaluated in hundred-and-eight healthy volunteers. Pre- and post-tACS resting state EEG recordings were analyzed. Results showed that beta-tACS improved rule implementation during reversal learning and decreases left and right resting-state frontal theta/beta EEG ratios following tACS. Our findings provide the first behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for exogenous 20 Hz oscillatory electric field potentials administered over to the frontal cortex to improve reversal learning.
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