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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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Humans Can Learn from Subliminal Cues Alone | Wired Science from Wired.com

Citation added: September 5th, 2008, 5:29 pm
Behaviorists have long been able to demonstrate that animals without consciousness can learn shockingly complex behaviors, if they are properly rewarded. Evidence has been mounting from this group of psychologists and others, that humans can learn some things in the same way. The new research even suggests a neurobiological basis for this similarity, despite humans vastly greater conscious processing power.
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The Uncertain Science of Sleep | Wired Science from Wired.com

Citation added: August 27th, 2008, 8:38 pm
Apart from the fact that all animals sleep, scientists really don't know much about it. Does it work the same in every species? Update memories? Refresh unused synapses? All of the above?
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Mind Hacks: Wake up and smell the caffeine

Citation added: June 4th, 2008, 2:50 pm
The boost the test subjects who got the caffeine felt may have simply been a function of having been deprived of the drug.
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When Language Can Hold the Answer - New York Times

Citation added: April 22nd, 2008, 4:31 pm
Just as adding features to a cellphone or camera can backfire, language is not always helpful. For the most part, it enhances thinking. But it can trip us up, too.
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