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Language Is a Neuroenhancement
2022Abstract This chapter argues that language is a neuroenhancement for grounded minds. The fact that much of our experience is mediated by language raises the question of whether language can itself serve as a source of grounding. The author proposes that its symbolic properties facilitate our capacity to encode abstract semantic content ...
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The Ethics of Neuroenhancement
International Journal of Technoethics, 2015According to several recent studies, a big chunk of college students in North America and Europe uses so called ‘smart drugs' to enhance their cognitive capacities aiming at improving their academic performance. With these practices, there comes a certain moral unease.
Nils-Frederic Wagner +2 more
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2020
The extraordinary neuroscientific progress, through which we reach a broader knowledge of the brain mechanisms, and the many advances in technology, lead us to new areas of reflection. More specifically, with regard to the neuroscientific sector, the phenomenon of “neuroenhancement” comes to light, an expression that refers to the use of neuroscience ...
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The extraordinary neuroscientific progress, through which we reach a broader knowledge of the brain mechanisms, and the many advances in technology, lead us to new areas of reflection. More specifically, with regard to the neuroscientific sector, the phenomenon of “neuroenhancement” comes to light, an expression that refers to the use of neuroscience ...
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Neuroenhancers, addiction and research ethics
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2012In their recent paper in this journal, Heinz and colleagues accuse proponents of cognitive enhancement of making two unjustified assumptions. The first of these is the assumption that neuroenhancing drugs will be safe; the second is that research into cognitive enhancement does not pose particular ethical problems.
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Functional imaging in neuroenhancement
2020Increasingly demanding tasks, competition for competence and time pressure have lead to attempts of neuroenhancement (NE) among students and employees. NE is designed to increase cognitive abilities by modulating brain processes through the use of pharmaceutics. Substances such as methylphenidate (i.e. Ritalin®), modafinil (i.e.
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The Societal Hazards of Neuroenhancement Technologies
2018Using cognitive enhancement technology is becoming increasingly popular. In another paper, the authors argued that using pharmacological cognitive enhancers is detrimental to society, through promoting competitiveness over cooperation, by usurping personal and social identifies and thus changing our narrative and moral character.
Wagner, Nils-Frederic +2 more
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Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie, 2019
D. Losch, J. Schulze
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D. Losch, J. Schulze
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Neuroprotection and neuroenhancement
2023Kevin Gillmann, Jeffrey L. Goldberg
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Neuroenhancement: Promises and Perils
2014Advancements in neuroscience and neuropharmacology brought us possibilities to affect brain and improve different cognitive and vegetative functions impaired in neurological and psychiatric illnesses. However, healthy individuals are increasingly reaching towards pharmaceuticals that can enhance their cognition, memory and concentration “above normal“.
Švob Štrac, Dubravka, Erhardt, Julija
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