Comment · Tue, March 15, 2022 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
What type of scientist is the actual "expert" on Nootropics?
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afdarrb · 92 points
Please excuse the rudimentary question. I am interested in hiring someone that I can trust to advise me on nootropic options. I am aware that there is not a lot of hard clinical research on nootropics, so what I would be interested in is hiring someone who has been thoroughly, formally educated in the scientific underpinnings of this topic, and who would therefore be able to speculate in a highly educated way as to nootropic applications and consequences in the brain. (I have no interest in hiring a non-scientist or someone who has done their own reading on the topic.) What exactly am I looking for? A neurochemist? A neuroscientist that specializes in neurochemistry? Something else?
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afdarrb · 7 points
Nice! u/misteryouaresodumb, I would certainly appreciate your insight as to my question here, if you would be able to help out.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
Psychopharmacologists would probably be the most scientifically informed about how nootropics work; specifically neuropsychopharmacologists. However, would they be considered an "expert" on nootropics? Only if they have specifically researched them. They would certainly grasp the pharmacodynamics of the compounds a lot more than others would.