纪录片《药物依赖》 第10期：药物的好处（在线收听）

People who do take Ritalin, I think they see

我认为服用利他林的人

the benefits of it and it does help them with their revision.

看到了它的好处 它的确帮助他们复习

My friends that do, tend to do pretty well but I,

我的那些服用过的朋友表现更出色一些

I like to think that's because they're quite clever.

但我还是愿意相信是因为他们天资聪颖

Ed wasn't taking Ritalin for illicit gain.

埃德服用利他林 并非出于不当目的

He took it at the behest of this woman.

他是在这位女士的委托下服用的

Barbara Sahakian is Professor of

芭芭拉·萨哈金

Clinical Neuropsychology at Cambridge University.

是剑桥大学临床神经心理学的教授

She's researching what drugs for

她在研究治疗ADHD的药物

those with ADHD can do to the brains of the healthy.

对健康人大脑的作用

Well, we knew that the drug worked as a cognitive enhancer

我们知道这个药可以用作

for conditions like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,

多动症儿童的认知增强剂

but would they also work in,

但对没有问题的健康人

in healthy people who didn't have any problems?

它也能有作用吗

Could we actually boost cognition

我们真的可以

in somebody who was you know functioning well?

提高健康人的认知能力吗

Ed was one of her research volunteers.

埃德是自愿受试者之一

They were each given Ritalin

他们每个人都服用利他林

and put through a variety of intelligence tests.

并进行一系列的智力测试