Andrew Huberman· PhD
Nicotine: mildly cognitive enhancing (by way of arousal and focus)
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Nicotine: mildly cognitive enhancing (by way of arousal and focus)
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And of course, that triggers my mind to return to the anecdote about my Nobel prize winning colleague who ingests nicotine by way of nicotine containing gum in order to increase levels of cognitive focus.
so there's some well done research showing nicotine is helpful for improving some of the executive functions sustained detention and I'm not sure which which the executive functions but they help people focus be sharper do better