Right Frontal Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Modulates Optimism Biases

Ziqing Yao¹, Jinwen Wei^{2

3}, Gan Huang^{2

3}, Linling Li^{2

3}, Zhen Liang^{2

3}, Li Zhang^{2

3}, Haiyan Wu⁴, Tifei Yuan⁵, Zhiguo Zhang^{6

7}, Xiaoqing Hu^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
² School of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
³ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
⁴ Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
⁵ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Health Institute, National Center for Mental Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 210109, China.
⁶ School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China. zhiguozhang@hit.edu.cn.
⁷ Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China. zhiguozhang@hit.edu.cn.
⁸ Department of Psychology, The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. xiaoqinghu@hku.hk.
⁹ HKU-Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen, 518063, China. xiaoqinghu@hku.hk.

PMID: 39427086
PMCID: PMC11748648 (available on 2026-01-01)
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-024-01307-x

Right Frontal Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Modulates Optimism Biases

Ziqing Yao et al. Neurosci Bull. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;41(1):172-176.

doi: 10.1007/s12264-024-01307-x. Epub 2024 Oct 19.

Authors

Ziqing Yao¹, Jinwen Wei^{2

3}, Gan Huang^{2

3}, Linling Li^{2

3}, Zhen Liang^{2

3}, Li Zhang^{2

3}, Haiyan Wu⁴, Tifei Yuan⁵, Zhiguo Zhang^{6

7}, Xiaoqing Hu^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
² School of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
³ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
⁴ Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
⁵ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Health Institute, National Center for Mental Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 210109, China.
⁶ School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China. zhiguozhang@hit.edu.cn.
⁷ Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China. zhiguozhang@hit.edu.cn.
⁸ Department of Psychology, The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. xiaoqinghu@hku.hk.
⁹ HKU-Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen, 518063, China. xiaoqinghu@hku.hk.

PMID: 39427086
PMCID: PMC11748648 (available on 2026-01-01)
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-024-01307-x

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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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