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Modulation of Brain Oscillations Underlying Working Memory

Massachusetts General Hospital · NCT05923606

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–35 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
32
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 10, 2024
Record last updated
October 7, 2026

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What the study is about

This study will use novel transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) protocols and electroencephalography (EEG) to modulate and measure brain oscillations that underlie working memory. tACS is a noninvasive method used to modulate the timing and patterns of brain rhythms via weak electric currents passed through electrodes on the scalp.

Being studied: Active tACS; Placebo tACS

Conditions: Working Memory

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Fluent in English.

Exclusion Criteria

  • History of a neurological/psychiatric disorder
  • Current use of psychotropic medications
  • Current use of substances and drugs that were shown to affect tES (transcranial electrical stimulation) efficacy (dopamine altering drugs, nicotine, NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) antagonists/agonists, sodium/calcium channel blockers, norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, GABAergic modulators and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
  • Contraindications for tACS (e.g., history of seizures, metallic implants in the head or neck, implanted brain stimulators, vagus nerve stimulators, pacemakers, pregnancy)

Recruiting US locations

  • Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

    Charlestown, MA 02129

    Site contact: Alexandra O'Neill, B.S.

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Allyson Smith, B.S. · (617) 726-1040 · asmith192@mgh.harvard.edu
  • Hamdi Eryilmaz, Ph.D. · (617) 643-7462 · hamdi.eryilmaz@mgh.harvard.edu
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