Effects of modafinil on non-verbal cognition, task enjoyment and creative thinking in healthy volunteers

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 490-495

  Muller U ^a,b   Rowe, J B ^b,c   Rittman, T ^c   Lewis, C ^a   Robbins, T W ^b,d   Sahakian, B J ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancer; Creative thinking; Executive functions; Memory; Modafinil; Motivation

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON VERBAL COGNITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES; PLEASURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866347169     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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