The present invention shows that administration of L-lysine enhances cognitive performance in healthy individuals directly and these improvements persist if L-lysine is continuously administrated. However, when administration is interrupted the cognitive performance returns to baseline.La présente invention porte sur le fait que ladministration de L-lysine améliore directement les performances cognitives chez des individus sains et que ces améliorations persistent si on administre la L-lysine de manière continue. Cependant, lorsquon interrompt ladministration, les performances cognitives reviennent au point de départ.