Transcutaneous auricular vagus stimulation (taVNS) improves human working memory performance under sleep deprivation stress
Zhao R, Chang MY, Cheng C, Tian QQ, Yang XJ, Du MY, Cui YP, He ZY, Wang FM, Kong Y, et al.
Behavioural Brain Research · 2023
Key finding
In an RCT, taVNS improved human working-memory performance, including under sleep-deprivation conditions.
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- Condition
- Cognitive Function
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 35
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Zhao, R., Chang, M. Y., Cheng, C., Tian, Q. Q., Yang, X. J., Du, M. Y., Cui, Y. P., He, Z. Y., Wang, F. M., Kong, Y., Deng, H., Lu, L. M., Tang, C. Z., Xu, N. G., Sun, J. B., & Qin, W. (2023). Transcutaneous auricular vagus stimulation (taVNS) improves human working memory performance under sleep deprivation stress. Behavioural Brain Research, 439, 114247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114247
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