Found this very interesting.

[starkraving_mad]

Evidently a group in Germany are researching how to make people temporarily autistic to increase their productivity/focus. No joke. I'd say this is kinda ludicrous, but from the teeny tiny description they give, I'd totally give that a try.

http://io9.com/349956/one-pill-makes-you-autistic-++-and-one-pill-changes-you-back