Can a tiny electric current make you better at language?
NCT ID NCT07554105
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether a safe, non-invasive brain stimulation technique called transcranial random noise stimulation can temporarily improve language performance. Ninety healthy adults (ages 18-35 or 60-90) will receive both active and placebo stimulation in separate sessions while doing language tasks. The goal is to better understand how the brain processes language, which could eventually help develop new therapies for people with language impairments after brain injury.
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Active substance
transcranial random noise stimulation (device)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward new rehabilitation methods for people with language problems after brain injury.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study in healthy volunteers, not patients. It only measures immediate effects on language tasks, so any real-world treatment benefit is far off and uncertain.
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Division of Neurorehabilitation, University Hospital of Geneva
RECRUITINGGeneva, Canton of Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
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