Neurotechnology: premises, potential, and problems
New technologies that allow us to investigate mechanisms and functions of the brain have shown considerable promise in treating brain disease and injury. These emerging technologies also provide a means to assess and manipulate human consciousness, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors, bringing with them the potential to transform society. Neurotechnology: Premises, Potential, and Problems explores the technical, moral, legal, and sociopolitical issues that arise in and from today's applications…
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- Full title :Neurotechnology : premises, potential, and problems / edited by James Giordano.
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New technologies that allow us to investigate mechanisms and functions of the brain have shown considerable promise in treating brain disease and injury. These emerging technologies also provide a means to assess and manipulate human consciousness, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors, bringing with them the potential to transform society. Neurotechnology: Premises, Potential, and Problems explores the technical, moral, legal, and sociopolitical issues that arise in and from today's applications of neuroscience and technology and discusses their implications for the future.<
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- Publication Date:2012.
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- Publisher(s):CRC Press
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
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- Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781439826287, 1439826285, 9780429103711, 0429103719
- oclc:ocn793635007
- LC Classification:QP356.3
- Dewey Decimal:610.284
Table of Contents
Ch. 1. Neurotechnology as demiurgical force : avoiding Icarus' folly / James Giordano -- ch. 2. The potential utility of advanced sciences convergence : analytical methods to depict, assess, and forecast trends in neuroscience and neurotechnological developments and uses / Ashok Vaseashta -- ch. 3. Is the use of neurotechnology in education an enablement, treatment, or enhancement? / M. Layne Kalbfleisch -- ch. 4. Images of uncertainty : two cases of neuroimages and what they cannot show / Tom Koch -- ch. 5. Neurogenetic and neural tissues-implantation technology : neuroethical, legal, and social issues / James Giordano -- ch. 6. Neuroprotective agents commonly display hormesis : implications for nanoneuropharmacology / Edward J. Calabrese, John A. Ives, and James Giordano -- ch. 7. Neuroprostheses : implications of the current and future state of the science and technology / Pratik Y. Chhatbar and Subrata Saha -- ch. 8. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and personal identity : ethical questions and neuroethical approaches for medical practice / Fabrice Jotterand and James Giordano -- ch. 9. Promises and perils of cognitive performance tools : a dialogue /…
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