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However, its depth within the lateral sulcus makes it difficult to reach selectively with conventional noninvasive brain stimulation. Temporal interference stimulation (TIS) can, in theory, focus low-frequency modulation onto deep structures, but experimental validation for the human insula is lacking. We tested whether a simple, simulation-guided TIS approach can focally and steerably modulate electric fields within the human insula. Using the TI Planning Tool, we designed anterior\u2013posterior (AP) optimized, lateral-optimized, and non-optimized control montages and recorded induced fields from six intracranial depth electrodes spanning insular subregions in a fresh-frozen donated human body. TIS was delivered at 990 and 1000 Hz (10 Hz envelope) across five current-ratio conditions. The AP-optimized montage produced preferential envelope modulation in deep posterior insular contacts, an effect robust across contact-depth thresholds and stronger than for absolute field amplitude. 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