The impact of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on anterior cingulate cortex activity in a cognitive control task
Sönmez Ö, Holstein E, Puschmann S, Schmitt T, Witt K, Thiel CM
Psychophysiology · 2025
Key finding
An RCT examining whether tVNS-induced changes in cognitive control are mediated by anterior-cingulate-cortex activity.
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- Neuroimaging
- Stimulation
- taVNS
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- Controlled Clinical Trial
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Sönmez, Ö., Holstein, E., Puschmann, S., Schmitt, T., Witt, K., & Thiel, C. M. (2025). The impact of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on anterior cingulate cortex activity in a cognitive control task. Psychophysiology, 62(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14739
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