“…The use of stimulants as, methylphenidate, has the most evidence to support their use in the treatment of sustained attention deficits, processing speed and more general cognitive functioning (Whyte et al, 1997(Whyte et al, , 2004. The psychostimulant, dextroamphetamine, may also have the added benefit of reducing the variability in performance in tasks of attention and working memory (Hornstein, Lennihan, Seliger, Lichtman, & Schroeder, 1996), but the studies at this time are limited. Cholinesterase inhibitors, initially developed in treating dementia, as donepezil and physostigmine, have been useful in treating the memory deficits and improving attention following TBI (Cardenas et al, 1994;Griffin et al, 2003;Taverni, Seliger, & Lichtman, 1998;Zhang et al, 2004).…”