The varying drug options, or FDA approved pharmaceuticals that claim to, or have been found to somehow affect cognitive abilities, are rather wide. However, the actual effects of these drugs is at times limited.

Piracetam for example is a commonly prescribed drug in Europe, though not often in the US, that has been found to increase brain operation in dyslexic children. It’s medical uses are extremely varied, used for everything from dyslexia to headaches, but no absolute results can be decided on as to whether it actually increases the ability of human memory.

The process of converting snippets of information from short term memories into the long term memories that any student would love to have for their final exam has, with ample study, become a process scientists understand much better than they used to. And when a process becomes easier to understand, it can be altered.

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