Effects of psychostimulants on alertness and spatial bias in healthy participants

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 529-537

  Dodds, Chris ^a,c   Müller, Ulrich ^a   Manly, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149113341     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21046     Document Type: Article

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