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Brief title
Health condition
Methylphenidate, language, creativity, memory
Sponsors and support
Radboud University Nijmegen
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of methylphenidate on language processing and creativity, and the role of memory in such relations, through observing the effects of methylphenidate on sentence processing, creativity, and memory tasks.
Secondary outcome
The secondary objective is to establish the relations between the methylphenidate effects and baseline characteristics of individual subjects.
Background summary
In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of Methylphenidate on sentence comprehension and creativity. This is a within-subject design. Each subject received either a drug or a placebo in one of the testing sessions. We predicted that a low-dosage of methylphenidate could enhance subject sentence comprehension and certain types of creativity thinking.
Study objective
We hypothesized that methylphenidate will improve certain aspects of language comprehension and creativity.
Study design
The experiment is expected to be completed in 2017.
Intervention
Subjects will receive an oral capsule of methylphenidate or an identically over-coated placebo.
Inclusion criteria
Healthy volunteers between 18 and 45 years old; Native Dutch speakers.
Exclusion criteria
(History of) psychiatric or neurological treatment;
(History of) epilepsy in adulthood;
(History of) drug dependence;
Possible pregnancy or breastfeeding, etc.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL6183 |
| NTR-old | NTR6339 |
| CCMO | NL51075.091.14 |
| OMON | NL-OMON43672 |