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Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) shows promise for enhancing cognitive and motor skills in applied settings. However, challenges in understanding mechanisms and individual differences require further research for reliable real-world performance enhancement.

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  • Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
  • Applied Psychology
  • Human Performance Enhancement

Background:

  • Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) is increasingly used in research for modulating human functions.
  • tES has potential applications in industry and defense for accelerating training and sustaining performance under stress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the promises and perils of tES in applied research.
  • To examine tES effects on attention (sustaining and dividing) and virtual environment performance.
  • To discuss challenges in tES research and propose future directions.

Main Methods:

  • Mini-review of existing research on transcranial electrical stimulation.
  • Focus on studies investigating tES influence on attention and virtual environment operations.
  • Discussion of mechanistic explanations, replication, null results, and individual differences.

Main Results:

  • tES demonstrates potential for enhancing perceptual, cognitive, affective, and motor processes.
  • Research indicates tES may influence attention and performance in virtual environments.
  • Significant challenges exist in establishing clear mechanistic explanations and predicting individual responses.

Conclusions:

  • tES offers promising avenues for enhancing human performance in applied contexts.
  • Further research is crucial to address mechanistic uncertainties and individual variability.
  • Addressing these challenges will clarify tES viability for real-world performance enhancement.