Modafinil: a smart drug that keeps students switched on
Modafinil: a smart drug that keeps students switched on

From the mind-enhancing drug in the 2011 movie Limitless to doubt-ridding pills in the 2006 novel Indecision, ‘smart drugs’ usually occupy the realms of fiction. But can science produce a real life equivalent? Research from Oxford and Harvard suggests modafinil could be the answer.