The Rationale for Consuming Cognitive Enhancement Drugs in University Students and Teachers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Sattler, Sebastian ^a,b   Sauer, Carsten ^a   Mehlkop, Guido ^c   Graeff, Peter ^d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^d BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ENHANCING SUBSTANCE; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

COGNITION; FACULTY; HUMANS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880419379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068821     Document Type: Article

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