PLoS Biology (Sep 2021)

Can brain stimulation boost memory performance?

  • Yevgenia Rosenblum,
  • Martin Dresler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001404
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 9
p. e3001404

Abstract

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Memory performance is crucial across the human life, from early education to age-related decline. A new study in PLOS Biology found that verbal learning can be enhanced by applying repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the left prefrontal cortex.