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Intelligence-enhancing drugs?
In the 1970s, psychologist Corneliu Giurgea stated that "Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain."
Michael S. Gazzaniga, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College, recently claimed that "if we are smart enough to invent technology that increases brain capacity, we should use that advantage."
Where does such technology stand today?
Geneticists have recently isolated a gene on chromosome 6 that they believe is involved in intelligence... Neuroscientists are gaining clearer understanding of which neurochemicals are involved in learning and memory, important components of cognitive function. And, according to Gazzaniga, many "smart" drugs that improve intelligence, learning, memory, and recall are in clinical trials right now.
To gain a better sense of how intelligence-enhancing drugs work (or don't), and to understand what role they might play in society, I've been talking to a neuroscientist (Dr. Solomon Snyder), a pharmacologist (Dr. Craig Hendrix), and a geneticist (Dr. Georg Ehret) from various institutes at JHU's Med School...
Could we/ should we be smarter on drugs?
Upcoming... upcoming...in the works!
.MGW.
In the 1970s, psychologist Corneliu Giurgea stated that "Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain."
Michael S. Gazzaniga, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College, recently claimed that "if we are smart enough to invent technology that increases brain capacity, we should use that advantage."
Where does such technology stand today?
Geneticists have recently isolated a gene on chromosome 6 that they believe is involved in intelligence... Neuroscientists are gaining clearer understanding of which neurochemicals are involved in learning and memory, important components of cognitive function. And, according to Gazzaniga, many "smart" drugs that improve intelligence, learning, memory, and recall are in clinical trials right now.
To gain a better sense of how intelligence-enhancing drugs work (or don't), and to understand what role they might play in society, I've been talking to a neuroscientist (Dr. Solomon Snyder), a pharmacologist (Dr. Craig Hendrix), and a geneticist (Dr. Georg Ehret) from various institutes at JHU's Med School...
Could we/ should we be smarter on drugs?
Upcoming... upcoming...in the works!
.MGW.
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11:42 AM
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