Stimulant drugs and vigilance performance: a review

Koelega, H. S.

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Stimulant drugs and vigilance performance: a review

Koelega, H. S.·1993·Psychopharmacology

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The literature on the effects of some stimulant drugs (amphetamine, methylphenidate, caffeine, and nicotine) on vigilance performance is reviewed. Improvement of overall level of performance (both accuracy and speed) after the intake of amphetamine, caffeine, and nicotine has often been reported, and the decrement in performance with time has been shown to be prevented especially with amphetamine and nicotine. Effects on false alarms are negligible. In studies where a test battery was employed, vigilance tasks appeared to be the most sensitive performance tests in detecting the effects of stimulants; however, different vigilance tasks may measure different aspects of mental functions. There is no support for earlier conclusions that improvements are noticed only in fatigued subjects in protracted sessions. Evidence from several studies does not support the hypothesis that improvements are only a recovery of withdrawal-induced impairment. Because positive effects have been obtained with drugs possessing different mechanisms of action, there is as yet no clear support for a noradrenergic, dopaminergic, or cholinergic theory of sustained attention. Simple neurotransmitter theories of attention and information processing may be untenable.

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Methylphenidate has been reported to augment several aspects of cognition in healthy subjects similar to those improved in ADHD.
“because methylphenidate has been reported to augment several aspects of cognition in healthy subjects (Rapoport et al., 1978, 1980; Strauss et al., 1984; Koelega, 1993; Elliott et al., 1997; Mehta et al., 2000) similar to those improved in ADHD (Mehta et al., 2004; Turner et al., 2005; Clark et al., 2007; Spencer et al., 2007).”
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Authors: Koelega, H. S.
Affiliations: Utrecht University (NL)
Corresponding author: Koelega, H. S.
Venue: Psychopharmacology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1993-04
Volume: 111
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-16
ISSN: 0033-3158 (ISSN-L)
1432-2072
DOI: 10.1007/bf02257400
OpenAlex: W2014663087
Cited by: 285
References: 108
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 11
FWCI: 1.31
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Psychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords: stimulants, vigilance performance, amphetamine, methylphenidate, caffeine, nicotine, sustained attention, fatigue, false alarm rate, test battery, information processing
MeSH terms: Central Nervous System Stimulants, Animals, Arousal, Humans, Psychomotor Performance

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