Korea University Explores Inhibitory Control via Non-Invasive Brain Current Stimulation

Professor Min Byoung-kyong’s group from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering effectively controlled the inhibitory control function, which is one of the important human cognitive functions, through non-invasive brain stimulation, and identified the changes in the activity of the brain region corresponding to that function.

This study was carried out based on the antagonism between the central executive network, which is activated when the brain performs cognitive processing, and the default mode network, which is activated in an ordinary state, and non-invasive current simulating signals with phase lag were used.

Professor Min’s group from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering will continue their research into the neurophysiological principles of the human cognitive functions through non-invasive brain simulation and develop technologies to augment major human cognitive functions.

This study was supported by the Human Plus Fusion R&D Challenge Project Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea and the BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Precision Public Health (Korea University).