Perfectionism and attitudes toward cognitive enhancers ("smart drugs")

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 170-174

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Hotham, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cheating; Health and safety; Morality; Perfectionism; Pharmacological cognitive performance enhancement; Smart drugs; Social pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941978954     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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