smart drugs
Taking the 'Smart Drug' Modafinil Made Me Love Work but Hate People
In the rat race that is modern life, it's sort of the only drug that makes sense. How awful is that?
The First Real Smart Drug? Researchers Say Modafinil Works
And has no preponderance for side effects.
Can the Pills That Claim to Make You Clever Also Make You Rich?
How a podcast host and a former NFL player, among others, created a market for pills that claim to boost brain function.
Brain-Enhancing 'Smart Drugs' Are Going Commercial
As the demand for cognitive enhancements expands, nootropics have grown from the stuff of internet-driven self-experimentation to an expanding sector in the massive supplements market.
The Myths, Realities, and Ethics of Neuroenhancement
A new EU project saw a panel including David Nutt discuss smart drugs, immoral molecules, and the ethics of brain boosting.
Will 'Smart Drugs' Really Make Us Smarter, or Just Ruin Our Lives?
Given the recent surge in the popularity of nootropics—non-addictive drugs that enhance learning acquisition and increase the coupling of the brain's hemispheres—a debate over the murky limits of our neurological optimization has arisen as well.