Specific effects of an amnesic drug: Effect of lorazepam on study time allocation and on judgment of learning

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 196-204

  Izaute, Marie ^a   Bacon, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Judgment of learning; Lorazepam; Metamemory; Study time

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUDGMENT OF LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CALIBRATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LEARNING; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 11144308805     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300564     Document Type: Article

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