Give Yourself A Brain Boost With Life-Enhancing Drugs

Catalyst: Life Enhancing Drugs - Exploring the possibility of brain doping to improve mental performance. Subscribe to Journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures Go to the Journeyman Science playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGSlkijht5iXbPX7d_oTP47c9C3kArQ0 Would you take a pill that could improve your concentration, learning ability, energy levels, memory, sociability, or mood? Drugs such as Prozac have already been enhancing certain brain functions for many years now, but scientists are now inquiring into the wider development of drugs that could boost performance in a huge variety of aspects in our lives. Possible drugs could be used to treat medical conditions, but also just as quick fixes for our undiagnosed problems or anxieties. Aside from the clinical trials, we also need to address the moral questions of how altering our pharmacological state could alter who we are as human beings. Dr Graham Phillips explores how we could be seeing more pharmacological fixes to improve brainpower. ABC Australia - Ref 6284 Journeyman Pictures brings you highlights from the cutting-edge science series, ‘Catalyst’, produced by our long-term content partners at ABC Australia. Every day we’ll upload a new episode that takes you to the heart of the most intriguing and relevant science-related stories of the day, transforming your perspective of the issues shaping our world.