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
tVNS significantly changed performance in the simple control task reflected in a greater propensity to respond.
- Condition
- Neuroimaging
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
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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