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Interestingly, those who have the least ability in a particular area are likely to see the greatest drug-related improvement. In fact, on some tests of cognition, the smartest people actually showed performance reductions, a result that may address some of the concerns over "cheating": on tasks involving working memory and impulsivity, stimulants had a leveling effect, allowing below-average performers to catch up to their peers, not dominate them. According to Farah, the typical student user is actually not the overachieving brainiac but a "white male frat brother with a B average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Popping Smart Pills: The Case for Cognitive Enhancement | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

...high-fiber diet. There are benefits to combining them, for everyone." In other words, the bottom line is the same as it's always been: Eating a well-balanced diet - with enough fruits, veggies and low-fat protein, and restricting excess fat, sugar and processed foods - is probably the smartest choice for anyone, whether or not you have diabetes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study Boosts Low-Glycemic Diet | 12/16/2008 | See Source »

...Bush is, without a doubt, one of the smartest politicians the beleaguered Republican Party has at its disposal today. Which is why the possibility of his running for Martinez's seat probably shouldn't be such a surprise after all. When a party, to quote Jeb's former-President father, is in the kind of deep doo-doo the GOP stepped into on Nov. 4, it can't afford to let one of its top talents spend any more time taking it easy in Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Jeb Bush Might Run for the Senate | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit at Harvard Medical School. Kathryn A. Brubaker ’09 said she was not surprised when she heard that her roommate was among this year’s Rhodes Scholars. “Naturally, she’s just one of the smartest people I know,” she said. “She works really hard.” Snider said she hopes to attend medical school after Oxford. Ultimately, she said will specialize in psychiatry and neurological research. Haddad-Fonda, who is concentrating in history and near-eastern languages and civilizations...

Author: By Michael A. Sun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

John Leonard, 69, the former editor of the New York Times Book Review, was "the smartest man who ever lived," according to Kurt Vonnegut. A prolific literary critic, Leonard often praised authors like Toni Morrison before they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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