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. 2022 Jul;26(7):542-543.
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.04.002. Epub 2022 Apr 29.

Ritalin as a causal perturbation

Catrina M Hacker  1 , Nicole C Rust  2
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Ritalin as a causal perturbation

Catrina M Hacker et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

Causal perturbations provide the strongest tests of the relationships between brain mechanism and brain function. In cognitive neuroscience, persuasive causal perturbations are difficult to achieve. In a recent paper, Ni et al. cleverly use the neuropsychiatric drug methylphenidate (Ritalin) to causally test the brain mechanisms that support goal-directed attention.

Keywords: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Ritalin; attention; causality; methylphenidate.

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