Monday, May 19, 2014

Psychostimulants Harm Performance As Well As Neuroplasticity

via Mad In America;
Psychostimulants Harm Performance As Well As Neuroplasticity


May 19, 2014

A review of “potential neurobiological ramifications of the popular cognitive enhancers,” inFrontiers of Systems Neuroscience, finds that stimulants reduce performance at higher dosages, and that there is a “potential cost of brain plasticity that is associated with the neural ramifications of nootropic drugs in the healthy developing brain.”

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