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Smarter on Drugs

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
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Smarter on Drugs:
We recoil at the idea of people taking drugs to enhance their intelligence. But why?

In a thought-provoking essay by Michael Gazzaniga, the October issue of Scientific American explores the use of drugs for “normal” people to enhance their intelligence.

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  1. Dan 10:47 am on October 8th, 2005

    It depends how you define “smartness”. A lot of the hyped “smart” drugs just seem aimed at improving SAT scorees…

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