I actually looked it up before reading the article—my thought process being, ‘a nootropic I haven’t heard of? And wait, isn’t that an AIDS drug—I know I’ve heard the name before...’ I was more than a little disappointed. (The article wasn’t too great either; some of the usual muddled intuitions and minimal information. The New Yorker did a better article, for example.)
Here’s the research it cites along with a few hyperlinks to other articles. Did you read it?
Mellers, B. A. (2000). Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 910-924.
Ghahremani, D. G., Tabibnia, G., Monterosso, J., Hellemann, G., Poldrack, R., & London, E. D. (2011). Effect of modafinil on learning and task-related brain activity in methamphetamine-dependent and healthy individuals. Neuropsychopharmacology, 36(5), 950-959.
Repantis D., Schlattmann P., Laisney O., & Heuser I. (2010). Modafinil and methylphenidate for neuroenhancement in healthy individuals: A systematic review. Pharmacol Res, 62(3), 187-206.
Here’s the research it cites along with a few hyperlinks to other articles. Did you read it?
I’m familiar with the drugs cited. As he said, you had wedrifid_2011 excited thinking there was an actual research drug—NZT-48 about which a scoop was to be given.
An article saying students use modafinil and ritalin that also mentions a movie.
You had me excited thinking there was an actual research drug that I could experiment with!
I actually looked it up before reading the article—my thought process being, ‘a nootropic I haven’t heard of? And wait, isn’t that an AIDS drug—I know I’ve heard the name before...’ I was more than a little disappointed. (The article wasn’t too great either; some of the usual muddled intuitions and minimal information. The New Yorker did a better article, for example.)
Here’s the research it cites along with a few hyperlinks to other articles. Did you read it?
Mellers, B. A. (2000). Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 910-924. Ghahremani, D. G., Tabibnia, G., Monterosso, J., Hellemann, G., Poldrack, R., & London, E. D. (2011). Effect of modafinil on learning and task-related brain activity in methamphetamine-dependent and healthy individuals. Neuropsychopharmacology, 36(5), 950-959. Repantis D., Schlattmann P., Laisney O., & Heuser I. (2010). Modafinil and methylphenidate for neuroenhancement in healthy individuals: A systematic review. Pharmacol Res, 62(3), 187-206.
I’m familiar with the drugs cited. As he said, you had wedrifid_2011 excited thinking there was an actual research drug—NZT-48 about which a scoop was to be given.