Aims The use of substances for cognitive enhancement has become a relatively well-studied
phenomenon in recent years. However, few studies deal with the negative and unintended …

There has been an ongoing research effort to understand the morality of athletes using
prescription and illicit drugs to enhance sporting performance. By comparison, perceptions …

Enhancing cognitive performance with substances–especially prescription drugs–is a
fiercely debated topic among scholars and in the media. The empirical basis for these …

Cognitive enhancement (CE) strategies are techniques implemented by healthy people to
enhance their cognitive performance or mood. A popular technique for CE is the use of …

The widespread use of stimulants among healthy individuals to improve cognition has
received growing attention; however, public attitudes toward this practice are not well …

This chapter focuses on the evidence for the prevalence of non-medical stimulant use by
students for cognitive enhancement. Some of what is cited as apparent evidence for …

People vary widely in their acceptance of the use of pharmacological cognitive
enhancement (CE). We tested the hypothesis that the acceptability of CE is malleable, by …

Numerous deliberations on the ethics of cognitive enhancement take as their primary case
the nonmedical use of prescription stimulant drugs by university students seeking to improve …

Recent enthusiasm about pharmacological cognitive enhancement has often focused on the
use of prescription stimulants as a study aid by US university students. Despite the illegality …

Within the scientific community and among the general public there exists a lively debate
regarding the use of drugs for the enhancement of cognitive performance. The defining …