• Question: is there a drug that can help you focus?

    Asked by tiny to Suzi on 16 Jun 2011.
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      Suzi Gage answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Hi @tiny
      Well both caffeine and nicotine are stimulants, so they can help you focus. But obviously they have other effects too…

      If you want a drug to help you remember things when you’re revising, you need to be careful, because memory is a funny thing, and often in order to recall the memories you need to be i the same state as when you learned the thing in the first place.

      So if you revise and drink coffee, you should have a coffee before you go in to your exam, and if you don’t you shouldn’t!

      Hope this answers your question!

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