Tyrosine promotes cognitive flexibility: Evidence from proactive vs. reactive control during task switching performance

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-55

  Steenbergen, Laura ^a   Sellaro, Roberta ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a   Colzato, Lorenza S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Dopamine; Task switching; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TYROSINE; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULUS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK SWITCHING PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART RATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; REACTION TIME; TYROSINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921987498     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.022     Document Type: Article

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