Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Spatial Working Memory in Healthy Young Adults
Sun JB, Cheng C, Tian QQ, Yuan H, Yang XJ, Deng H, Guo XY, Cui YP, Zhang MK, Yin ZX, et al.
Frontiers in Neuroscience · 2021
Key finding
Results showed that offline taVNS could significantly increase hits in spatial 3-back task, whereas no effect was found in online taVNS or sham group.
- Condition
- Cognitive Function
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Sun, J. B., Cheng, C., Tian, Q. Q., Yuan, H., Yang, X. J., Deng, H., Guo, X. Y., Cui, Y. P., Zhang, M. K., Yin, Z. X., Wang, C., & Qin, W. (2021). Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Spatial Working Memory in Healthy Young Adults. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.790793
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