Current challenges: the ups and downs of tACS

NS Bland, MV Sale - Experimental Brain Research, 2019 - Springer
The non-invasive delivery of electric currents through the scalp (transcranial electrical
stimulation) is a popular tool for neuromodulation, mostly due to its highly adaptable nature …

Rhythms in cognition: The evidence revisited

C Keitel, M Ruzzoli, L Dugué, NA Busch… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eur J Neurosci. 2022; 55: 2991–3009. wileyonlinelibrary. com/journal/ejn 2991 and with a
certain strength or amplitude (Figure 1). Attempts to account for the functional relevance of …

[HTML][HTML] How to test for phasic modulation of neural and behavioural responses

B Zoefel, MH Davis, G Valente, L Riecke - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Research on whether perception or other processes depend on the phase of neural
oscillations is rapidly gaining popularity. However, it is unknown which methods are …

High gamma and beta temporal interference stimulation in the human motor cortex improves motor functions

R Ma, X **a, W Zhang, Z Lu, Q Wu, J Cui… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Temporal interference (TI) stimulation is a new technique of non-invasive brain
stimulation. Envelope-modulated waveforms with two high-frequency carriers can activate …

[HTML][HTML] Multivariate analysis of speech envelope tracking reveals coupling beyond auditory cortex

N Chalas, C Daube, DS Kluger, O Abbasi, R Nitsch… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
The systematic alignment of low-frequency brain oscillations with the acoustic speech
envelope signal is well established and has been proposed to be crucial for actively …

Synchronization of sensory gamma oscillations promotes multisensory communication

J Misselhorn, BC Schwab, TR Schneider, AK Engel - Eneuro, 2019 - eneuro.org
Rhythmic neuronal activity in the gamma range is a signature of cortical processing and its
synchronization across distant sites has been proposed as a fundamental mechanism of …

Perception of rhythmic speech is modulated by focal bilateral transcranial alternating current stimulation

B Zoefel, I Allard, M Anil, MH Davis - Journal of cognitive …, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Several recent studies have used transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to
demonstrate a causal role of neural oscillatory activity in speech processing. In particular, it …

Testing the effect of tACS over parietal cortex in modulating endogenous alpha rhythm and temporal integration windows in visual perception

L Ronconi, D Melcher, M Junghöfer… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Neural oscillations in the alpha band (8–12 Hz) have been proposed as a key mechanism
for the temporal resolution of visual perception. Higher alpha frequencies have been related …

Discrete sampling in perception via neuronal oscillations—Evidence from rhythmic, non‐invasive brain stimulation

FH Kasten, CS Herrmann - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A variety of perceptual phenomena suggest that, in contrast to our everyday experience, our
perception may be discrete rather than continuous. The possibility of such discrete sampling …

Parietal alpha tACS shows inconsistent effects on visuospatial attention

A Coldea, S Morand, D Veniero, M Harvey, G Thut - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is a popular technique that has been
used for manipulating brain oscillations and inferring causality regarding the brain …