Modafinil "A Smart Drug"- Study

It is sometimes appealing and sometimes nods that how consuming a pill could help to boost someone’s memory and brain activity that makes them smarter. Well, it is possible in fantasy films such as Limitless and Lucy which creates a cognitive enhancement that provides an individual with an super brain power. However, in the real world, it is quite a question. The college students and some other professionals would take these cognitive enhancing medications such as Adderall and Ritalin which are mainly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder abbreviated as ADHD.

Many types of research have been conducted on the players of which they might take either caffeine, modafinil, methylphenidate, or a placebo before they start playing the timed 15 minute matches. They have been provided randomly with the substances and doses after every 10 games. The researchers used the data that they have collected from the 3,059 chess games that have been conducted in that week.

From their first analysis they have found that the players who are on caffeine, Modafinil, Methylphenidate has given a result of which 6%-8% of positive results compared to placebos. However, from the results, it also has found that the players are spending much time on thinking about the next move they want to take and it seems that it would have made them worse at time management tasks and it makes the players to get stressed for who are already struggling with these kinds of timed games.

Also at the same time, the players made a right choice and were better with their moves during that time of the game. This suggests that neuroenhancers that improve the ability of the player to spend more time and they might be able to perform more thorough calculations. Modafinil makes the people be smarter and sharper in what they are doing. However, at the end of the results, it is shown that some of the results suggest that most of the players were benefited from the cognitive enhancement particularly from Modafinil and Methylphenidate, though some players who are slow thinkers might struggle from this and their performance gets worse in time limited games.

How smarter would Modafinil make us? The smart drugs are usually mean to know as nootropics which can boost the brainpower that helps in improving the smartness in a person. However, several tests have been conducted on these drugs and didn’t find any of the brain boosting effects but only a certain positiveness just looking at any one of the components of cognition and want to know how the drug is actually working.

A test that has shown some improving effects in the focusing on studies and work has considered as a smart drug. However, it is not sure that these drugs would provide the enhancement for a long period of time. Some measures resulted in negative too and some may be helped in improving the brain power but not able to improve beyond the certain point.

It is said that the right time to use these drugs are for solving the complex tasks than the simple one, in such a way it would provide an effective result to the user. However, the thinking that is required for the chess match is, therefore, a amazing measure of whether or not there will happen the occurrence of cognitive enhancement in the system.

The working of Modafinil includes that affecting the chemicals that are present in the brain. It actually helps by affecting the presence of neurotransmitters in the brain system. The neurotransmitters are referred to as a messenger which help in transmitting signals from neurons to muscles. The presence of dopamine will help in making your brain to stay alert all the time. The people who are dealing with narcolepsy can take this medication for their treatment. The neurotransmitter is composed of several monoamines such as dopamine, norepinephrine serotonin and histamine which helps in control and motivation to do a task, helps in functioning of other parts of the body, involving in functions like sleep, memory enhancement and regulating the wake-up cycle respectively.

To find out the Modafinil is as effective as other cognitive enhancers, there needs a more research on the drug. Many scientists are still doing some research on the drug to possibly make it an effective smart drug. They are analyzing how these drugs would actually improve the brain power in healthy people even though they are using this drug off-label for certain purposes. From the study conducted on the chess players, the Modafinil drug will be able to convert the fast thinking players into a deeper thinking as that they will be able to concentrate more on the game, whereas for slower thinkers, it only makes it worse as they would start to get tensed for limited timed games.