Effects of Multisession Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Stress Regulation and Emotional Working Memory: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Healthy Military Personnel

Promising applications of non-invasive brain stimulation on military cognition enhancement: a long way to go

“…Second, a recent report indicated that the application of multisession anodal tDCS targeting the right DLPFC during emotional working memory training, specifically the N-back task, did not improve stress regulation among healthy military personnel. 8 However, further analysis of subgroups revealed that certain factors, such as baseline theta/beta ratios measured through resting-state EEG, age, education and initial performance levels, had a positive impact on the effectiveness of tDCS on emotional working memory performance, suggesting that military NIBS use should be tailored to individual personnel. This issue holds significant importance due to the potential indispensability of each member in a collaborative military operation.…”