Rethinking cognitive enhancement

Rethinking cognitive enhancement

by Hall, Wayne Meulen, R. H. J. ter, (Ruud H. J.) Mohammed, Ahmed Dahir

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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 produc…

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  • Full title :Rethinking cognitive enhancement / edited by Ruud ter Meulen, Ahmed Dahir Mohammed, Wayne Hall.

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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. Despite this growing interest, there are conflicting views on the ethics of cognitive enhancement. Some argue that enhancement is not only an ethical pursuit but one that we have a moral obligation to pursue. Others are more skeptical about the ethical implications and long term effects of cognitive enhancement. Some neuroscientists argue that use of stimulants as putative enhancers will lead to misuse, abuse and addiction in some users, and might have undesirable long-term consequences.

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  • Publication Date:2017

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  • Description:1 volume ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780198727392, 0198727399
  • oclc:ocn979813843
  • LC Classification:RM315
  • Dewey Decimal:615.78

Subjects

Biomedical Enhancement -- ethics Cognition -- drug effects Cognition -- Effect of drugs on Cognition -- Effets des médicaments sur Cognition -- physiology Cognitive neuroscience Évaluation du risque Neurosciences -- Aspect moral Neurosciences -- Moral and ethical aspe… Neurosciences cognitives Nootropic Agents Nootropic Agents -- therapeutic use Nootropiques risk assessment

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Hall, Wayne Meulen, R. H. J. ter, (Ruud H. J.) Mohammed, Ahmed Dahir

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