The use of combined cognitive training and non-invasive brain stimulation to modulate impulsivity in adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing studies
Najat R. Khalifa, Yousef Alabdulhadi, Pilar Vazquez, Charlotte Wun, Peng Zhang · 2024
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Najat Khalifa and co-authors reviewed in 2024 whether pairing brain training games with gentle electrical brain stimulation can tame impulsivity in adults. Impulsivity drives harm across many disorders, yet no review had covered the combined approach. Their search swept the major databases and grey literature to late 2024.
Only four randomized trials, with 127 people in total, qualified, spanning substance use, obesity, and Parkinson's disease. Pooling them showed no reliable effect on motor impulsivity as measured by stop-signal and go/no-go tasks. The single delay-discounting study was also flat. No trial measured reflection impulsivity at all. The authors stress how thin the field is. Clinical variety across the few studies blocks firm verdicts either way.
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| CREATOR | Najat R. Khalifa, Yousef Alabdulhadi, Pilar Vazquez, Charlotte Wun, Peng Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |