Can Ginkgo Biloba Enhance Your Mental Abilities? The herbal supplement ginkgo biloba is marketed as a “cognitive enhancer” that supposedly improves memory, alertness, and concentration, especially in older adults. However, studies of ginkgo don’t support those claims (see Canter & Ernst, 2007; Daffner, 2010; Snitz & others, 2009).
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