Amphetamine's Paradoxical Effects May Be Predictable
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Vol. 9 (3) , 61-62
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002221947600900312
Abstract
It is suggested that the so-called paradoxical calming or depressant effects of amphetamine on both normal adults and hyperactive children can be accounted for by the proposition that amphetamines will increase arousal when the initial level of arousal is low but will decrease arousal when the initial level of arousal is high. Such a model is consistent with recent evidence that hyperactive children suffer from under-arousal rather than overarousal.Keywords
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