Cognitive drugs were basically developed to treat narcolepsy, a condition that causes an individual to suddenly fall asleep in the middle of whatever they are up to, Modafinil is now being used by these people to make them stay awake alert for hours at a stretch with no obvious adverse effects either from the consumption of the drug itself nor from lack of sleep.

A military study indicates that drug-free, well-rested volunteers are being outperformed by all those who have been consuming modafinil, who have been staying awake alert for 40 hours or so, sleeping only for 8 hours, then staying up again.

Ritalin is a drug that is usually prescribed to the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder patients, is now being used by all those who have been considering having higher levels of concentration improved focus during exams.

As there are some drugs already accessible today, there are a lot more on the way. It appears that we are set for memory boosting drugs to become a lot more common. After all, who would not want to have a quick fix for their declining memory unimproved focus? And who among us has not noticed things getting tougher to recall the reactions getting slower as we get through the age of 40?

They are not just being used as memory enhancers; they are openly being promoted as such. The science here seems plausible enough. They actually work as yet no prominent effects have been reported.

Is It Really Safe To Consume?

Daniele Piomelli at the University of California in Irvine has been making use of these drugs to aid people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Later, he discovered a way of making the victims’’ memories less psychologically stimulating.

However, he has been concerned about the fact that memory-boosting drugs perhaps have you remembering things that you really do not want to remember in the first place. The unconscious mind is clever enough can cover up the traumatic memories. Some therapists even insist that the victim perhaps re-experiences the trauma, however; science reveals that it is not only is that not necessary, but it can be positively risky. And why would you do this when there are several other painless means of reprocessing hurtful memories to make them become a lot more manageable?

A prime concern here is that perhaps the evolution has already optimized the processing of memories so messing with the brain perhaps have some long-term effects that we certainly do not want to bargain for.