Rethinking cognitive enhancement / Ruud ter Meulen, Ahmed Mohammed, and Wayne Hall.
There has been much recent excitement amongst neuroscientists and ethicists about the possibility of using drugs, as well as other technologies, to enhance cognition in healthy individuals. This excitement has arisen from recent advances in neuroscientific technologies such as drugs that increase al...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | There has been much recent excitement amongst neuroscientists and ethicists about the possibility of using drugs, as well as other technologies, to enhance cognition in healthy individuals. This excitement has arisen from recent advances in neuroscientific technologies such as drugs that increase alertness and wakefulness in healthy individuals or technologies that can stimulate activity in different parts of the brain - either via the scalp or via electrodes - raising the possibility of producing cognitive and affective improvements in otherwise healthy individuals. This book critically explores and analyses the scientific and ethical debates surrounding cognitive enhancers. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191835230 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198727392.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 15, 2017) |