ArticlePsychological medicine2025
Transcranial magnetic stimulation to left VLPFC or right DLPFC promotes forgetting in working memory.
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- Prefrontal Hemodynamics Underlie the Synergistic Effect of Tai Chi Combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Memory in Patients with MCI: An Exploratory fNIRS Study.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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backgroundIndividuals can intentionally process task-relevant information while ignoring task-irrelevant information. This study aims to investigate how to promote forgetting of task-irrelevant information through noninvasive brain stimulation, utilizing direct suppression and thought substitute inhibition mechanisms.
methodsParticipants were cued to either remember task-relevant information while forgetting task-irrelevant information (IR condition) or to forget task-irrelevant items while remembering task-relevant information (IF condition). High-frequency rTMS was applied to activate the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC,
resultsCompared to vertex stimulation, (1) The Left VLPFC stimulation promoted the memory of task-relevant information in the IR condition, and resulted in a memory deficit for the task-irrelevant information in the IF condition (active forgetting). (2) The Right DLPFC stimulation promoted the forgetting of task-irrelevant information in the IF condition (active forgetting) and facilitated the memory of task-relevant information in the IR condition.
conclusionsStimulating left VLPFC or right DLPFC can promote active forgetting. Noninvasive brain stimulation can effectively regulate memory control.
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