http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2007/12/cognitive-enhancing-drugs-in-academia/ Higher Education, Science & Innovation from a Global Perspective Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2007/12/cognitive-enhancing-drugs-in-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-6495 Kate Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:12:00 +0000 http://blog.beerkens.info/index.php/2007/12/cognitive-enhancing-drugs-in-academia/#comment-6495 Wow - that's scary stuff. I almost don't think it matters whether it's caffeine or drugs so much as people think it's okay to use them to support their studying. This tiredness is the body's way of telling you something, it's telling you to slow down. There are natural alternatives (including food) to help you stay alert AND well. Don't forget that as you come down off the high of the drugs or caffeine you'll crash down really low ... and that's not healthy at all. Wow – that’s scary stuff. I almost don’t think it matters whether it’s caffeine or drugs so much as people think it’s okay to use them to support their studying. This tiredness is the body’s way of telling you something, it’s telling you to slow down. There are natural alternatives (including food) to help you stay alert AND well. Don’t forget that as you come down off the high of the drugs or caffeine you’ll crash down really low … and that’s not healthy at all.

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