Pharmacological neuroenhancement, defined as the misuse of prescription drugs, illicit
drugs, or alcohol for the purpose of enhancing cognition, mood, or prosocial behavior, is not …

Recent research has indicated that neuroenhancement (NE), the use of legal or illegal drugs
by healthy individuals to improve their cognitive performance, is widely practiced among …

Background Neuroenhancement is the use of substances by healthy subjects to enhance
mood or cognitive function. The prevalence of neuroenhancement among Swiss university …

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 …

Background Pharmacological neuroenhancement (PNE) refers to the use of psychoactive
substances without doctor's prescription to enhance cognitive performance or to improve …

Aims To estimate the prevalence of self‐reported pharmacological neuroenhancement
(PNE) with prescription or recreational drugs among the Swiss general population and …

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess for the first time the prevalence and factors
associated with stimulant use exclusively for cognitive enhancement among pupils and …

Abstract Pharmacological “cognitive enhancement”(CE) is defined as the use of any
psychoactive drug with the purpose of enhancing cognition, eg regarding attention …

Introduction: The use of over-the-counter, prescription, and illicit drugs to increase attention,
concentration, or memory—often called (pharmacological) neuroenhancement—shows a …

Background: The goal of this pilot study was to assess attitudes toward cognitive
enhancement (CE) in users and nonusers of prescription or illicit stimulants for CE. Methods …