Smart drugs among students – multidimensional view on present ways of cognitive enhancement
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Background: Nootropic drugs, at the beginning of their career, were used in the treatment of diseases such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer's disease and narcolepsy.
Piotr Pisera +7 more
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A survey of substance use for cognitive enhancement by university students in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 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.
Bundt, Carsten +5 more
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The impact of type 2 diabetes and Microalbuminuria on future cardiovascular events in patients with clinically manifest vascular disease from the Second Manifestations of ARTerial Disease (SMART) study [PDF]
, 2008 Aims Type 2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Whether these two complications are important and independent risk factors for future CVD events in a high-risk population with clinically ...
Algra, A. +3 more
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Nootropics use in the workplace. Psychiatric and ethical aftermath towards the new frontier of bioengineering [PDF]
, 2020 OBJECTIVE: The authors have sought to expound upon and shed a light on the rise of nootropics, which have gradually taken on a more and more relevant role in workplaces and academic settings.
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International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 2020 Smart drugs can change the way our mind functions. Smart drugs are also known as nootropics, which literally means the ability to bend or shape our mind. Smart drugs are classified into two main categories. They are classified based on their pharmacological action and their availability. The stimulant category of drugs is highly used and misused. There
Sahjesh Soni +2 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Since two decades, neuroenhancement is a major topic in neuroethics and still receives much attention in the scholarly literature as well as in public media. In contrast to high hopes at the beginning of the “Decade of the Brain” in the United States and
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Smart drugs are as a dangerous model of psychoactive substance use [PDF]
Современная зарубежная психология, 2021 When examining the factors of the use of psychoactive substances (PAS) by young people, recreational consumption has traditionally been studied. The second well-known causal model to examine psychoactive substances was its interpretation as a way of ...
Rychkova O.V.
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Perfectionism and attitudes toward cognitive enhancers (“smart drugs”) [PDF]
, 2016 Perfectionism is a personality disposition characterized by exceedingly high standards of performance and pressure to be perfect which may incline students to take cognitive enhancers (“smart drugs”) to boost their academic performance.
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Cognitive Enhancement: Treating or Cheating? [PDF]
, 2015 In this article I provide an overview of the moral and medical questions surrounding the use of cognitive enhancers. This discussion will be framed in light of 4 key considerations: (1) is there a difference between therapy and enhancement?
Whetstine, Leslie M.
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Microfluidics for Advanced Drug Delivery Systems. [PDF]
, 2015 Considerable efforts have been devoted towards developing effective drug delivery methods. Microfluidic systems, with their capability for precise handling and transport of small liquid quantities, have emerged as a promising platform for designing ...
Dokmeci, Mehmet R +5 more
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