Modulating auditory selective attention by non‐invasive brain stimulation: Differential effects of transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation and transcranial random noise stimulation

• Published in: The European journal of neuroscience Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 2301 - 2309
• Main Authors: Rufener, Katharina S., Geyer, Ulrike, Janitzky, Kathrin, Heinze, Hans‐Jochen, Zaehle, Tino
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Attention; Attention - physiology; auditory selective attention; Cortex (frontal); Event-related potentials; Female; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Hearing; Humans; Latency; Locus coeruleus; Locus Coeruleus - physiology; Male; Noise; P300; Parietal Lobe - physiology; Reaction Time; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - methods; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation; tRNS; tVNS; Vagus nerve; Vagus Nerve - physiology; Vagus Nerve Stimulation - methods; Young Adult; tVNS; auditory selective attention; P300; tRNS

Selective attention is a basic process required to maintain goal‐directed behavior by appropriately responding to target stimuli and suppressing reactions to non‐target stimuli. It has been proposed that auditory selective attention is linked to the activity of the locus coeruleus‐norepinergic (LC‐N...