Nootropics: Performance Enhancing Drugs for the Brain or Snake Oil?

22/10/2017

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Episode Synopsis

Nootropics also known as smart drugs and cognitive enhancers are drugs, supplements, and other substances that improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation in healthy individuals. Similar to the use of PEDs in athletics, the use of cognition-enhancing drugs by healthy individuals in the absence of a medical indication is one of the most debated topics among neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and physicians.In this interesting segment,  Jesse Corry, MD., explains what you need to know about the risks and benefits of using Nootropics.