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Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2021 This study aimed to describe patterns of use and attitudes towards a broad variety of substances for improving academic performance at a New Zealand university. 685 students (from 1800 invited) completed an online questionnaire (38% response rate).
Anantha Narayanan +11 more
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European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020 Modafinil, methyphenidate (MPH) and d-amphetamine (d-amph) are putative cognitive enhancers. However, efficacy of cognitive enhancement has yet to be fully established.
C. Roberts +4 more
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Cognition Enhancers in Age-Related Cognitive Decline [PDF]
Drugs & Aging, 1996 A review of recently published studies on the effect of cognition enhancers in non-demented human study participants is presented. The heterogeneity of the therapeutic target, age-associated cognitive decline, can be improved by separately treating groups in whom age-extrinsic factors may underlie cognitive pathology.
Riedel, Wim J., Jolles, Jellemer
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The Neuroenhancement of Healthy Individuals Using tDCS: Some Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2014 Over the past two decades there has been increasing scientific interest in Human Enhancement, that is, the possibilities of expanding and enhancing the capabilities of healthy individuals with direct technological interventions into the body.
Toni Pustovrh
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Behavioral and Brain Functions, 2020 Unlike the emphasis on negative results of video games such as the impulsive engagement in video games, cognitive training studies in individuals with cognitive deficits showed that characteristics of video game elements were helpful to train cognitive ...
Eunhye Choi +5 more
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Cognition-Enhancing Drugs [PDF]
The Milbank Quarterly, 2004 New drugs that enhance cognition in cognitively healthy individuals present difficult public policy challenges. While their use is not inherently unethical, steps must be taken to ensure that they are safe, that they are widely available to promote equality of opportunity, and that individuals are free to decide whether or not to use them.
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 Working memory (WM) is one of the core components of higher cognitive functions. There exists debate regarding the extent to which current techniques can enhance human WM capacity.
Jin-Bo Sun +15 more
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A Survey of Substance Use for Cognitive Enhancement by University Students in the Netherlands
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2015 Background:Pharmacological cognitive enhancement, using chemicals to change cellular processes in the brain in order to enhance one’s cognitive capacities, is an often discussed phenomenon.
Kimberly Johanna Schelle +9 more
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Dopaminergic Enhancement of Cognitive Function [PDF]
Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2006 The ascending dopamine system of the mammalian brain has been associated with motor, mnemonic and goal-directed or reward-related behaviour. The most progress in understanding the cortical mechanisms of dopaminergic modulation of function has been made with regards to short-term mnemonic (or working memory) function.
Mehta, M A, Riedel, W J
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Quantum Effectiveness Revealed by Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) as Applied in Academics, Corporate Consulting and Everyday Life [PDF]
Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2012 This paper presents research data that demonstrates changes in neuronal patterns to achieve optimally balanced brain performance. The optimally balanced brain state is applied in academics, consulting and business coaching to change subconscious belief ...
Jeffrey L. Fannin
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