Transcranial direct current stimulation and methylphenidate interact to increase cognitive persistence as a core component of metacontrol: Evidence from aperiodic activity analyses
Aperiodic neural activity can be modulated through pharmacology-tuned atDCS. atDCS and MPH rely on overlapping neurobiological mechanisms. Metacontrol depending on aperiodic neural activity can be modulated through combined atDCS-MPH stimulation. Hence, atDCS and MPH are suitable tools to achieve an exogenous modulation of metacontrol bias and aperiodic exponents are indices to demonstrate the effectiveness of such tools.
Authors
- Moritz Mückschel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9069-7803)
- Yang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6494-1112)
- Ann‐Kathrin Stock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7113-4020)
- Bernhard Hommel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4731-5125)
- Anna Helin Koyun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5896-3550)
- Lorenza S. Colzato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1735-1280)
- Christian Beste (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2989-9561)
- Veit Roessner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1873-7081)
Institutions
- Shandong Normal University (CN)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain stimulation
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2025.03.024
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 17.17