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

By SharpBrains | September 28, 2018

___ 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…

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Update: Large study finds that consistent use of ADHD medication may stunt growth by 2 inches (5 centimeters)

By SharpBrains | March 28, 2018

___ Time for Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, bring­ing you lat­est news around med­ica­tion, brain train­ing, sup­ple­ments, mind-wan­der­ing, dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics, wear­ables, and more — and also a few quick brain teasers to wrap-up. New research: Con­sis­tent use of ADHD med­ica­tion may stunt growth by 2 inch­es, large study finds Mind-wan­der­ing may help enhance cre­ativ­i­ty, job per­for­mance and gen­er­al well-being,…

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June Update: High-Quality Summer Brain Reading

By SharpBrains | June 30, 2011

Let’s explore some  high-qual­i­­ty new resources, announce­ments and stud­ies in this June edi­tion of the month­ly Sharp­Brains eNewslet­ter. The field is clear­ly on the move! Por­traits of the Mind: Sev­er­al sharp brains (Rick, Karen, John, thanks!) strong­ly rec­om­mend the recent book  “Por­traits of the Mind: Visu­al­iz­ing the Brain from Antiq­uity to the 21st Cen­tury” (which includes the…

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