« No, Bush Can't | Main | Keeping America safe from Magic Cube » Brain boostersFrom the Economist, a report on cognitive enhancers, or what we used to call "smart drugs." The conclusion is (natch) that drugs can improve memory and mental acuity but they don't necessarily make you "smarter" &ndash you can't remember what you never knew. I'm pretty sure they don't increase your intelligence (your ability to reason), either; I think that's a complex phenomenon that depends on more than the firing of synapses. The best news here is that a good-enough smart drug is readily available: caffeine. jon posted this at 8:24 AM |
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