By Jacob Schmidt, Published in The Daily Texan A review published in July indicates that the popular study drug modafinil could be the world’s first safe cognitive enhancer. Modafinil is currently prescribed for excessive daytime sleepiness and narcolepsy, but many students and professionals use it recreationally to improve their decision-making,...
By R.U. Sirius, VanWinkle’s, Published in Raw Story Not everyone wants to sleep in. A growing transhumanism community wants to sleep less, and better, and they’re going to great lengths to make it happen. For those unaware, transhumanism is an intellectual and cultural movement that aims to improve the human...
By Jeremy Ang, Published in Human Resources Online With an increasing focus on the productivity of employees, what if we told you that if you let your employees take this pill, they could perform better with little or no negative side effects? Sounds like a movie? Well, according to a...
By Benjamin Pojer and Daniel D’Hotman, Published in Practical Ethics A recent review published in the European Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (1) on the efficacy and safety of modafinil in a population of healthy people has found that the drug “appears to consistently engender enhancement of attention, executive functions, and learning”...
By George Dvorsky, Published in Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies Off-license users of modafinil—a drug developed to treat various sleep disorders—have known for some time that it doubles as a surprisingly effective cognitive enhancer, and with very few side effects. A new systematic review shows it’s true, raising some...
By Charissa Echavez, Published In The Science Times In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of modafinil to help patients who are suffering from wakefulness or sleep-related disorders such as narcolepsy. Since then, it has been used for both on-label and off-label indications. Modafinil has already...
Published in ZeeNews London: A drug that is used to help people with sleep disorders stay awake can boost cognitive functions in healthy people, a new study says. Researchers reviewed 24 studies on the drug modafinil, carried out between 1990 and 2015, and found that it appeared to improve cognitive...
By Megan Turchi, Published in Boston.com Modafinil is sometimes referred to as the “smart drug.” According to Live Science, the FDA has approved Modafinil as a drug to help people with sleep disorders, but some, such as students or adult workers, use it to help them focus. And it turns...
By Ruth Schuster, Published in Haaretz Finally, a drug has been found that really boosts our brains, with few, non-fatal side effects: Modafinil, known in Israel as Provigil. Originally developed to treat narcolepsy and approved by various health authorities for that purpose, Modafinil can improve our planning and decision-making processes,...
By Nick Patel, Published in Island Crisis The medication known as modafinil used to treat narcoleptic patients has been documented from a different perspective in a new study: is it safe and does it act as a “smart drug” enhancing cognition? The findings published in European Neuropsychopharmacology suggest that it...
