The effect of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on memory recall in reading: A pilot study
Thakkar VJ, Richardson ZA, Dang A, Centanni TM
Behavioural Brain Research · 2023
Key finding
A growing body of research suggests that non-invasive transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular vagus nerve (taVNS) may drive neural plasticity for low-level reading skills such as speech sound perception and letter-sound learning, but it is unknown whether taVNS can improve higher level skills...
- Condition
- Cognitive Function
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Thakkar, V. J., Richardson, Z. A., Dang, A., & Centanni, T. M. (2023). The effect of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on memory recall in reading: A pilot study. Behavioural Brain Research, 438, 114164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114164
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