AI-Guided Brain Stimulation Aids Memory in Traumatic Brain Injury

The study, published in the journal Brain Stimulation, shows that targeted electrical stimulation in patients with TBI led to an average 19 percent boost in recalling words.

The research team, led by University of Pennsylvania psychology professor Michael Jacob Kahana, studied TBI patients with implanted electrodes, analyzed neural data as patients studied words, and used a machine learning algorithm to predict momentary memory lapses.

The study suggested that more work remains before this kind of stimulation can be applied in a therapeutic setting, and scientists need to study physiological responses to stimulation to better understand the neural mechanisms behind improved memory performance.

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