When speed slows you down.
A recent study shows that amphetamines are selective in their action, boosting activity in some parts of the brain while calming others. Daniel Weinberger, a psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health, and his colleagues gave amphetamines to eight men and women and then had them work on...
| Publicado en: | Psychology Today Vol. 30; pp. 14 - 15 |
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Sussex Publishers Inc.
January/February 1997
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