Educationlawyers.com Sunday School Show

The world we live in today can be described as a knowledge economy, a world driven by brain-power, revolving around creativity and intellect.  What if somebody told you that taking a pill could elevate your thinking? With the swallow of a tablet, you could become a smarter, quicker, more creative person-- would you take that chance? In this episode, we have Dr. Barbara Sahakian with us to talk about cognitive enhancing drugs and their ever-increasing relevance in our lives: what are they? What do they do? How do they work? And should we try them? Dr. Sahakian is currently one of the world’s leading experts in the field of neuroscience, having received the Distinguished International Scholar Award at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and in 2015, and awarded a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Cambridge, which is the highest degree awarded by the University for distinguished research in science- naming only a few of her many accomplishments. Should healthy people take cognitive enhancing dru