APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Short-Term Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) Reduces Cognitive Anxiety and Negative Affect for Healthy Subjects
- Ian Phillips
University of Maryland - Valerie Karuzis
University of Maryland - Nick Pandža
University of Maryland - Polly O'Rourke
University of Maryland - Stefanie Kuchinsky
University of Maryland - Stefanie Kuchinsky
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Abstract
We tested the influence of short-term transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) on mood and anxiety among healthy adults during two cognitively demanding foreign-language training sessions. Linear mixed-effects models showed tVNS ameliorated increases in negative mood and cognitive anxiety during the sessions but did not influence positive mood or somatic anxiety.
Cognitive Neuroscience
