This Smart Pill Will Actually Make You Dumb
This Smart Pill Will Actually Make You Dumb
Some drugs promise mental cognitive enhancements , however , they actually work against the concept . According to a recently conducted study in the University of Nottingham ( Malaysia Campus ), there are a number of drugs in the market that claim better memory , focus , recall and other such cognitive abilities , however , these claims are all dubious . In fact , these drugs might only decrease your mental capability .
Drugs such as Modanfinil or Provigil , commonly available in the pharmaceutical market of the United States have become popular among university students who would take the drug before they need to study . The scientists looked closely in the drug and how it acted inside the brain ; gauging it over how well the users can respond accurately and timely to come to these conclusions .
Modafinil has been in the market for quite a while now . Even though , it is used in the United States for wakefulness symptoms such as narcolepsy and curing daytime sleepiness , etc . It has also been used to cure many other conditions such as opiate and cocaine dependence , depression , Parkinson ' s and ADHD . In some cases it has also been used to cure schizophrenia . It was used on a large scale in France during the 1980s by students . It was then known to improve many factors of the working memory including pattern recognition , digit manipulation and digit span , etc .
For this new study , Dr . Mohamed , from the UON Malaysia , sampled 32 participants with the drug and another sample of 32 with a placebo . They were then given a famous psychological evaluation science test that meant to calculate their response suppression and response initiation . The people who took the drug actually had an impaired response when solving the test .
It has hence been argued by Dr . Mohammad that the drug may in fact improve performance by delaying the ability to response . Hence , the delayed responsiveness means affected impulsiveness . This meant that the new study actually offered nothing to support the previous claims . However , it does support a previous study that was conducted by Dr .