The Sol Braiding Method for Handling Thick Hair During Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: An Address for Potential Bias in Brain StimulationQiana Archer 1, Janet Brenya 1, Katherine Chavaria 2, Anjel Friest 3, Nathira Ahmad 4, Samantha Zorns 1, Sahana Vaidya 1, Taylor Shelanskey 1, Sarah Sierra 1, Sydney Ash 1, Briana Balugus 5, Alexa Alvarez 6, Mathew Pardillo 1, Roy Hamilton 7, Julian Paul Keenan 1
1Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory, Montclair State University, 2School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University, 3Department of Biology, Rutgers University, 4Department of Health Informatics, Rutgers University, 5Department of Physician Assistant, Seton Hall University, 6School of Nursing, Felician College, 7Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation, University of Pennsylvania
Hair type commonly seen in historically underrepresented minorities appears to interfere with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Here we describe a hair braiding method (The Sol Braiding Technique) that improves TMS.
