Modafinil improves rapid shifts of attention

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 487-495

  Marchant, Natalie L ^a   Kamel, Faddy ^b   Echlin, Kezia ^b   Grice, John ^b   Lewis, Mark ^b   Rusted, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Attention shifting; Humans; Modafinil; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449109760     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1395-1     Document Type: Article

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