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'''Memory enhancement''' is defined as an improvement in a person's ability to recall or retain memories.<ref name="MondadoriMöbius1996">{{cite journal|last1=Mondadori|first1=Cesare|last2=Möbius|first2=Hans-Jörg|last3=Borkowski|first3=Jürgen|title=The GABAB receptor antagonist CGP 36 742 and the nootropic oxiracetam facilitate the formation of long-term memory|journal=Behavioural Brain Research|volume=77|issue=1-2|year=1996|pages=223–225|issn=01664328|doi=10.1016/0166-4328(95)00222-7}}</ref><ref name="IlievaHook2015">{{cite journal|last1=Ilieva|first1=Irena P.|last2=Hook|first2=Cayce J.|last3=Farah|first3=Martha J.|title=Prescription Stimulants' Effects on Healthy Inhibitory Control, Working Memory, and Episodic Memory: A Meta-analysis|journal=Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience|volume=27|issue=6|year=2015|pages=1069–1089|issn=0898-929X|doi=10.1162/jocn_a_00776}}</ref><ref name="BorotaMurray2014">{{cite journal|last1=Borota|first1=Daniel|last2=Murray|first2=Elizabeth|last3=Keceli|first3=Gizem|last4=Chang|first4=Allen|last5=Watabe|first5=Joseph M|last6=Ly|first6=Maria|last7=Toscano|first7=John P|last8=Yassa|first8=Michael A|title=Post-study caffeine administration enhances memory consolidation in humans|journal=Nature Neuroscience|volume=17|issue=2|year=2014|pages=201–203|issn=1097-6256|doi=10.1038/nn.3623}}</ref><ref name="MorganStevens2010">{{cite journal|last1=Morgan|first1=Annette|last2=Stevens|first2=John|title=Does Bacopa monnieri Improve Memory Performance in Older Persons? Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial|journal=The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine|volume=16|issue=7|year=2010|pages=753–759|issn=1075-5535|doi=10.1089/acm.2009.0342}}</ref> The experience of this effect can make it easier for a person to access and remember past memories at a greater level of detail when compared to that of everyday sober living. It can also help one retain new information that may then be more easily recalled once the person is no longer under the influence of the psychoactive substance. | '''Memory enhancement''' is defined as an improvement in a person's ability to recall or retain memories.<ref name="MondadoriMöbius1996">{{cite journal|last1=Mondadori|first1=Cesare|last2=Möbius|first2=Hans-Jörg|last3=Borkowski|first3=Jürgen|title=The GABAB receptor antagonist CGP 36 742 and the nootropic oxiracetam facilitate the formation of long-term memory|journal=Behavioural Brain Research|volume=77|issue=1-2|year=1996|pages=223–225|issn=01664328|doi=10.1016/0166-4328(95)00222-7}}</ref><ref name="IlievaHook2015">{{cite journal|last1=Ilieva|first1=Irena P.|last2=Hook|first2=Cayce J.|last3=Farah|first3=Martha J.|title=Prescription Stimulants' Effects on Healthy Inhibitory Control, Working Memory, and Episodic Memory: A Meta-analysis|journal=Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience|volume=27|issue=6|year=2015|pages=1069–1089|issn=0898-929X|doi=10.1162/jocn_a_00776}}</ref><ref name="BorotaMurray2014">{{cite journal|last1=Borota|first1=Daniel|last2=Murray|first2=Elizabeth|last3=Keceli|first3=Gizem|last4=Chang|first4=Allen|last5=Watabe|first5=Joseph M|last6=Ly|first6=Maria|last7=Toscano|first7=John P|last8=Yassa|first8=Michael A|title=Post-study caffeine administration enhances memory consolidation in humans|journal=Nature Neuroscience|volume=17|issue=2|year=2014|pages=201–203|issn=1097-6256|doi=10.1038/nn.3623}}</ref><ref name="MorganStevens2010">{{cite journal|last1=Morgan|first1=Annette|last2=Stevens|first2=John|title=Does Bacopa monnieri Improve Memory Performance in Older Persons? Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial|journal=The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine|volume=16|issue=7|year=2010|pages=753–759|issn=1075-5535|doi=10.1089/acm.2009.0342}}</ref> The experience of this effect can make it easier for a person to access and remember past memories at a greater level of detail when compared to that of everyday sober living. It can also help one retain new information that may then be more easily recalled once the person is no longer under the influence of the psychoactive substance. | ||
Memory enhancement is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[analysis enhancement]] and [[thought acceleration]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[stimulant]] and [[nootropic]] compounds, such as [[methylphenidate]],<ref name="MehtaOwen2000">{{cite journal|last1=Mehta|first1=Mitul A.|last2=Owen|first2=Adrian M.|last3=Sahakian|first3=Barbara J.|last4=Mavaddat|first4=Nahal|last5=Pickard|first5=John D.|last6=Robbins|first6=Trevor W.|title=Methylphenidate Enhances Working Memory by Modulating Discrete Frontal and Parietal Lobe Regions in the Human Brain|journal=The Journal of Neuroscience|volume=20|issue=6|year=2000|pages=RC65–RC65|issn=0270-6474|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-06-j0004.2000}}</ref> [[caffeine]],<ref name="BorotaMurray2014" /> [[Noopept]],<ref>Ostrovskaia, R. U., Gudasheva, T. A., Voronina, T. A., | Memory enhancement is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[analysis enhancement]] and [[thought acceleration]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[stimulant]] and [[nootropic]] compounds, such as [[methylphenidate]],<ref name="MehtaOwen2000">{{cite journal|last1=Mehta|first1=Mitul A.|last2=Owen|first2=Adrian M.|last3=Sahakian|first3=Barbara J.|last4=Mavaddat|first4=Nahal|last5=Pickard|first5=John D.|last6=Robbins|first6=Trevor W.|title=Methylphenidate Enhances Working Memory by Modulating Discrete Frontal and Parietal Lobe Regions in the Human Brain|journal=The Journal of Neuroscience|volume=20|issue=6|year=2000|pages=RC65–RC65|issn=0270-6474|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-06-j0004.2000}}</ref> [[caffeine]],<ref name="BorotaMurray2014" /> [[Noopept]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Ostrovskaia, R. U.)), ((Gudasheva, T. A.)), ((Voronina, T. A.)), ((Seredenin, S. B.)) | journal=Eksperimental’naia I Klinicheskaia Farmakologiia | title=[The original novel nootropic and neuroprotective agent noopept] | volume=65 | issue=5 | pages=66–72 | date= October 2002 | issn=0869-2092}}</ref> [[nicotine]],<ref name="HeishmanKleykamp2010">{{cite journal|last1=Heishman|first1=Stephen J.|last2=Kleykamp|first2=Bethea A.|last3=Singleton|first3=Edward G.|title=Meta-analysis of the acute effects of nicotine and smoking on human performance|journal=Psychopharmacology|volume=210|issue=4|year=2010|pages=453–469|issn=0033-3158|doi=10.1007/s00213-010-1848-1}}</ref> and [[modafinil]].<ref name="MüllerSteffenhagen2004">{{cite journal|last1=Müller|first1=Ulrich|last2=Steffenhagen|first2=Nikolai|last3=Regenthal|first3=Ralf|last4=Bublak|first4=Peter|title=Effects of modafinil on working memory processes in humans|journal=Psychopharmacology|volume=177|issue=1-2|year=2004|pages=161–169|issn=0033-3158|doi=10.1007/s00213-004-1926-3}}</ref> | ||
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Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | ||
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===Experience reports=== | |||
Annectdotal reports which describe this effect with our [[experience index]] include: | |||
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===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
*[[Responsible use]] | *[[Responsible use]] | ||