Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky

> when a person began failing or slowing at a set task ... they were able to reverse it

Vernor Vinge anticipated this treatment and called it "focus".

It reminds me of the The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (2nd book of the Three Body Problem trilogy) where one of the wallfacers came up with a chip to overcome defeatism in the troops (the Mental Seal).

Scary but fascinating how fast future approaches.