Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention
Benjamin P. Kay, Muriah D. Wheelock, Joshua S. Siegel, Ryan V. Raut, Roselyne J. Chauvin, Athanasia Metoki, Aishwarya Rajesh, Andrew Eck, Jim Pollaro, Anxu Wang, Vahdeta Suljic, Babatunde Adeyemo, Noah J. Baden, Kristen M. Scheidter, Julia Monk, , Nico U.F. Dosenbach
This study shows stimulant medications affect brain connectivity in action/motor and reward-related regions, not attention networks, and mimic the effects of sleep.
Cell · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience