Attitudes Toward Cognitive Enhancement in Users and Nonusers of Stimulants for Cognitive Enhancement: A Pilot Study

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-57

  Franke, Andreas G ^a   Bonertz, Caroline ^a   Christmann, Michaela ^a   Engeser, Stefan ^b   Lieb, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

(neuro )cognitive enhancement; attitudes; stimulant drugs; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857201699     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2011.608411     Document Type: Article

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