Non-Invasive Ultrasound Neuromodulation: A Pilot Study of Behavioural Effects and Blinding Integrity

Authors

  • Gabriel-Ion Ionascu Centre for Brain Stimulation, Muscel Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Campulung, Romania Author
  • Ivo-Karel Grosmanova Centre for Research Methods, Litomericko Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Litomerice, Czech Republic Author
  • Elina-Anna Dravnieks Department of Sensory Neuroscience, Cesis Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Cesis, Latvia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22681096

Keywords:

Non-Invasive Ultrasound Neuromodulation; Cognitive neuroscience; Neurofeedback; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Non-Invasive Ultrasound Neuromodulation has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider community
can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the
current evidence for non-invasive ultrasound neuromodulation, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost
angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still largely working it out
for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or
blanket avoidance.

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2026-09-03