Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation may enhance only specific aspects of the core executive functions: a randomized crossover trial
Borges U, Knops L, Laborde S, Klatt S, Raab M
Frontiers in Neuroscience · 2020
Key finding
Sham-controlled crossover trial in healthy adults found taVNS selectively improved set-shifting but not inhibition or selective attention.
- Condition
- Cognitive Function
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 32
Cite this study
Borges, U., Knops, L., Laborde, S., Klatt, S., & Raab, M. (2020). Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation may enhance only specific aspects of the core executive functions: a randomized crossover trial. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00523
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