The explicit learning of new names for known objects is improved by dexamphetamine

Brain and Language

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 254-261

  Whiting, Emma ^a   Chenery, Helen J ^a   Chalk, Jonathan ^b   Darnell, Ross ^a   Copland, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Centre for Magnetic Resonance   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dexamphetamine; Explicit learning; Familiar objects; Nonword learning; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 40349089732     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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