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NEWS ABOUT: cognitive enhancement

cognitive enhancement stories: 4 news summaries
glossies

Video Games May
Stave Off Mental Decline


Jul 11, 09 7:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shelling goblins and building medieval empires may be perfect ways to stave off cognitive decline, Anita Hamilton writes in Time. Research already shows that challenging tasks can keep brains sharp in old age, but now multi-million-dollar studies are getting the elderly to play video games—not puzzle or math games,... More »

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elderly • brain • cognitive decline • cognitive development • video games • cognitive enhancement

Real 'Thinking Cap' May Not
Be So Far Off

Magnetic pulse boosts learning, study shows; headgear next?

Jul 7, 09 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - A magnetic pulse directed at a certain area of the brain may enhance learning and memory, the Telegraph reports. Canadian researchers subjected volunteers to a test that required they track a dot moving on a computer screen with a joystick, and volunteers who received stimulation fared much better. More »

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memory • learning • brain • neuroscience • cognitive science • magnetic field • cognitive enhancement • thinking cap

GLOSSIES

Legal or Not, Bottled Smarts Are Here to Stay

Safer, cheaper drugs will quell dissidents, scientists argue

Jan 7, 09 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The case is stacking up in favor of "smart pills," memory- and alertness-boosting prescription drugs already used by fighter pilots, corporate execs, and students for a cognitive edge, writes Maia Szalavitz in Time. Proponents say legalization debates are moot at this point—"the genie is already out... More »

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memory • Adderall • science • legalization • Ritalin • attention • cognitive enhancement

 Researchers Push 
 'Brain Steroids' for All 

Future drugs could boost job, classroom performance

Dec 8, 08 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Healthy adults should be able to take brain-boosting drugs for a competitive advantage at work or on an exam, researchers say in a provocative paper. Seven authors say ethical questions about cognitive-enhancement pills are both warranted and imminent, and that such medicinal aid is no less moral than caffeine consumption,... More »

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drugs • pharmaceutical companies • brain • cognitive science • cognitive development • health research • cognitive enhancement

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