Smart drugs do motivate people, but the added effort can lead to 鈥渆rratic thinking鈥, adversely affecting above-average performers, according to researchers.
Rapid advances in neuroscience are driving a huge shift in our understanding of how the brain works and could improve both our cognitive abilities and our brain health, writes Professor Barbara Sahakian (Department of Psychiatry) on 探花直播Conversation website.
Barbara Sahakian (Department of Psychiatry) discusses 'smart drugs'聽and other ways to聽boost our cognitive abilities.
Professor Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the 探花直播 of Cambridge, has been researching cognitive enhancers for over a decade. Here she discusses the emergence of 鈥榮mart drugs鈥 and the ethical and practical issues they raise.
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