Update: Think twice before taking Adderall as cognitive enhancer — it may worsen your working memory

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Dear read­er,

It’s time for Sharp­Brains month­ly e‑newsletter, start­ing in this occa­sion with an impor­tant arti­cle by Duke Uni­ver­si­ty’s Dr. David Rabin­er rais­ing con­cerns about the grow­ing non-med­ical use of ADHD drugs.

New research:

• Do ADHD drugs real­ly help col­lege stu­dents with­out ADHD?
• Mind­ful­ly debunk­ing four med­i­ta­tion myths
• Cog­ni­tive train­ing & reme­di­a­tion works, espe­cial­ly in schiz­o­phre­nia and healthy aging

New tools:

• Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy pio­neers, please design with the end-user in mind
• FDA clears deep tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion device to treat obses­sive-com­pul­sive disorder
• DARPA paving the way for a future brain-based Internet

New thinking:

• Per­spec­tive: There’s no epi­dem­ic of anx­i­ety dis­or­ders among teenagers
• New book explores nine lives impact­ed by rare brain disorders

Last but not least, as you prob­a­bly know Sep­tem­ber is World Alzheimer’s Month. We’d like to help improve pub­lic knowl­edge about brain health and Alzheimer’s risk fac­tors by mak­ing The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize your Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age eas­i­er to access and read.

From tomor­row Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 29th, until Mon­day, Octo­ber 1st, we’ll be run­ning a Kin­dle Count­down Deal via Ama­zon in which you can order the book with dis­counts of up to 90%.

We hope you enjoy the book and it helps you pro­tect your most impor­tant asset: your amaz­ing human brain.

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Have a great month of October,

The Sharp­Brains Team