Contemplating cognitive enhancement in medical students and residents

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-214

  Webb, Jadon R ^a   Thomas, John W ^b   Valasek, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gonzales Memorial Hospital and Sievers Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77952940934     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.0.0154     Document Type: Article

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