Is Mozart a cosmetic neurologist?

Tonight on Northwest Public Radio at 7:00 on Fresh Air
journalist Margaret Talbot, staff writer for The New Yorker and a
Senior Fellow at the New American Foundation, talks about her upcoming New Yorker article Brain Gain: the
underground world of neuroenhancing drugs.

Margaret Talbot

Apparently, people are taking prescription drugs used to treat conditions such as epilepsy and narcolepsy simply to enhance their brain function. It's known as cosmetic neurology.



This reminded me of a study put forth by Alfred Tomatis about a more "natural" way of achieving a higher I.Q. It came to be dubbed The Mozart Effect. If you click on the link you can learn more about it and why the theory has been called into question.