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Pharmacology

Modafinil has the potential for addiction

By Adm Mohamed in Neuroscience writer
April 24, 2012

A group of neuroscientists and ethicists have recently published a paper warning about the perils of the use of pharmacological drugs for cognitive enhancement by healthy individuals. The paper can be found here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21507740.2012.663056 


A commentary about this paper and other related neuroscientific evidence can be found here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21507740.2012.666322 



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