Nootropics: Brain Enhancers, Smart Drugs, or Empty Hype?

Published: Feb. 9, 2016, 8 p.m.

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Hang around on nootropic forums where fans and users congregate and you\\u2019ll come away with the notion that you\\u2019re missing out on a leg up if you\\u2019re not taking the latest and greatest nootropic supplement. Nootropics promise vague benefits to \\u201ccognition\\u201d and \\u201cperformance,\\u201d but what\\u2019s really happening? Do nootropics actually work as advertised? Some of them do, absolutely. But others, maybe not so much.\\xa0

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(This Mark\'s Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

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