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Someone brought this up last time we talked about this on HN so I thought I would mention it here. Modafinil is technically a _stimulant_, not a cognitive enhan
by alinajaf 15y ago
Someone brought this up last time we talked about this on HN so I thought I would mention it here. Modafinil is technically a _stimulant_, not a cognitive enhancer (like piracetam).
- driverdan 15y agoNothing says a "cognitive enhancer" can't be a stimulant. Nootropics can be anything.
- endlessvoid94 15y agocitation?
- gwern 15y agoEr, piracetam is usually described as being a nootropic, and substances like nicotine or amphetamines or caffeine as being cognitive enhancers due to the existence of known decreases in performance; because modafinil has few to no known mental penalties, it is usually described as being a nootropic and not a cognitive enhancer. Stimulant, on the other hand, is a completely cross-cutting orthogonal classification. A drug which enhanced transfer of information into long-term memory and nothing else could rightly be described as a nootropic but not a stimulant.