Food for creativity: tyrosine promotes deep thinking

Psychological Research

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 709-714

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a,b   de Haan, Annelies M ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CREATIVITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING; TYROSINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938990263     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-014-0610-4     Document Type: Article

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