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People who use ‘smart drugs’ worse at complex tasks, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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I was always kind of skeptical of the type of person that swears Ritalin got them to the finals, bit happy there is now some evidedence as well.

Original study here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165

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[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I think it's like NOS, it get you across the line hard and fast, but you're not going to be able to take any complex turns.

They needed the meds to get them across the line where the otherwise wouldn't have gotten that far.