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Brain-Enhancing Drugs: Legalize 'Em, Scientists Say | Wired Science from Wired.com

Citation added: December 15th, 2008, 3:25 pm
Some people argue that chemical cognition-enhancement is a form of cheating. Others say that it's unnatural. The Nature authors counter these charges: Brain boosters are only cheating, they say, if prohibited by the rules — which need not be the case. As for the drugs being unnatural, the authors argue, they're no more unnatural than medicine, education and housing.
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The ethics of placebos | Great expectations | The Economist

Citation added: October 30th, 2008, 3:09 pm
Sceptics abound and ethicists frown, but doctors on the front-lines seem likely to continue to experiment with this potentially powerful tool while they wait for science to explain why it works.
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medicine | placebo | brain | neuroscience

Physical decline caused by slow decay of brain's myelin / UCLA Newsroom

Citation added: October 27th, 2008, 3:20 pm
Put another way, after middle age, we start to lose the battle to repair the myelin in our brain, and our motor and cognitive functions begin a long, slow downhill slide.
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brain | neuroscience | health | medicine | ageing

BBC NEWS | Health | Job choice 'affects Alzheimer's'

Citation added: October 24th, 2008, 7:08 pm
Going to university, then choosing a mentally demanding job may help protect the brain from the devastating impact of Alzheimer's disease on memory.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Internet use 'good for the brain'

Citation added: October 15th, 2008, 4:07 pm
For middle-aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.
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