Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Emotional Processing and Long-Term Recognition Memory: Electrophysiological Evidence Across Two Studies
Ventura‐Bort C, Giraudier M, Weymar M
Psychophysiology · 2025
Key finding
taVNS increased recollection-based long-term recognition memory in one of two studies, independent of stimulation timing, with no overall effect in the other.
- Condition
- Cognitive Function
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 89
Cite this study
Ventura‐Bort, C., Giraudier, M., & Weymar, M. (2025). Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Emotional Processing and Long-Term Recognition Memory: Electrophysiological Evidence Across Two Studies. Psychophysiology, 62(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70034
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