Woke up in a new time zone, but your brain stayed home? You’re not alone. Each year, more than 100 million people experience ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nootropics are touted as “smart drugs” meant to improve cognitive performance. But there’s a lot we still don’t know about them.

A study of people using cognition-enhancing drugs without a prescription (conducted in London) found that these individuals had faster reaction and error-correction times with equally accurate ...

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In an era of relentless productivity demands and cognitive optimization, the pursuit of mental performance enhancement has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry. While pharmaceutical “smart drugs” ...

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We use coffee to stay awake, good food and nutrition to stay healthy and alert. But if there was a drug that made you smarter, helped you learn, and made you more focused, would you take it? That's a ...

You've likely seen these supplements in the health aisle or in pop-up ads promising to improve memory or focus. And you can expect to see a lot more of these claims. What are nootropics? The Internet ...

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