Transcranial magnetic stimulation can facilitate human learning processes
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 92/100
Multiple clinical trials and reviews demonstrate that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can effectively modulate cortical excitability and facilitate human learning and cognitive performance.
Evidence for · 6
Enhancement of human cognitive performance using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
2013 · cited by 467
Reviews over sixty studies showing significant improvements in speed and accuracy across perceptual, motor, and executive tasks using TMS.
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More for · 5
Using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the underlying neural mechanisms of human motor learning and memory
2010 · cited by 58
Explains how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation can facilitate learning processes through the purposeful modulation of cortical excitability.
Visuospatial Learning Selectively Enhanced by Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Parieto-Hippocampal Network among Patients at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis.
2023 · cited by 15
Demonstrates that personalized TMS over the parieto-hippocampal network significantly improves visuospatial learning in patients.
Modulating Visuomotor Sequence Learning by Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: What Do We Know So Far?
2023 · cited by 7
Analyzes methodologies showing that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is a viable method for modulating visuomotor sequence learning.
Compared motor learning effects of motor cortical and cerebellar repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation during a serial reaction time task in older adults
2025 · cited by 4
Finds that primary motor cortex and cerebellar rTMS significantly enhance motor learning and consolidation in older adults.
Associative Visuomotor Learning Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Induces Stimulus–Response Interference
2024 · cited by 2
Shows that the human brain can successfully form associative stimulus-response connections using externally induced motor cortex TMS.