GET SMART: Renowned UCI neurobiologist James McGaugh...

GET SMART: Renowned UCI neurobiologist James McGaugh has been getting calls lately from network TV and the BBC to comment on the latest counterculture craze--taking vitamins and drugs said to improve brainpower. . . . “I see it as a silly fad that will certainly go away because the drugs don’t work,” says McGaugh, who notes that the search for memory-enhancing compounds at UCI and elsewhere has so far been largely unsuccessful. He adds: “The suggestion that such drugs do exist raises false hopes.”