Enhancement of Learning and Memory Performance: Modality- Spec fie Mechanisms of Action

The first edition of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory described the beneficial impact in several animal species of environmental enrichment and administration of mnemonic drugs on subsequent performance of a variety of learning and memory-intensive tasks. More recently, a great deal of attention has been focused on drug, nutriceutical, and lifestyle interventions capable of enhancing learning and memory capacity (McDaniel et al., 2003; Nyberg et al., 2003; Barch, 2004). At the present time, a concerted effort is under way to commercialize these basic neuroscientific discoveries (Marshal, 2004). One overarching research goal that has been articulated for the future is to couple the