The is and ought of the ethics of neuroenhancement: Mind the gap [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Ethical perspectives on the use of stimulants to enhance human cognitive performance (neuroenhancement) are polarized between conservative and liberal theories offering opposing advice on whether individuals have a right to use neuroenhancers and what ...
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How Realistic Are the Scientific Assumptions of the Neuroenhancement Debate? Assessing the Pharmacological Optimism and Neuroenhancement Prevalence Hypotheses [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Since two decades, neuroenhancement is a major topic in neuroethics and still receives much attention in the scholarly literature as well as in public media. In contrast to high hopes at the beginning of the “Decade of the Brain” in the United States and
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, 2022 Neuroenhancement concerns the improvement of a person’s mental properties, abilities, and performance. The various techniques of neuroenhancement offer new opportunities of such improvement, but also come with substantive perils. Neuroenhancement thus involves significant normative challenges for individual persons as well as for society as a whole ...
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Smart drugs "as common as coffee": media hype about neuroenhancement.
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundThe use of prescription drugs to improve cognitive functioning in normal persons--neuroenhancement"--has gained recent attention from bioethicists and neuroscientists.
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On pharmacological neuroenhancement as part of the new neurorights' pioneering legislation in Chile: a perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The so-called neurorights are emerging human rights, or rather reconfigurations of already existing human rights, seeking to address the impact of the possible misuse of neurotechnologies, which have the potential to become more invasive and harmful in ...
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A Preliminary Investigation of a Conceptual Framework of Performance Enhancement Across Different Life Domains [PDF]
SportsThe use of chemically assisted performance enhancement (CAPE) substances has become a prominent trend in today’s competitive societies. Although evidence suggests that CAPE behaviors across different life domains share common characteristics, no ...
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To dope or not to dope: neuroenhancement with prescription drugs and drugs of abuse among Swiss university students. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundNeuroenhancement is the use of substances by healthy subjects to enhance mood or cognitive function. The prevalence of neuroenhancement among Swiss university students is unknown.
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Focus on neuroenhancement: a systematic review and its ethical implications [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Pharmacological and cognitive neuroenhancement refer to the non-medical use of prescription drugs, alcohol, illegal drugs, or the so-called soft enhancers, to enhance cognition, mood, work or school performance, or to promote pro-social ...
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Pharmacological Neuroenhancement in the field of economics. Poll results from an online survey [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Introduction: The use of over-the-counter, prescription, and illicit drugs to increase attention, concentration or memory – often called (pharmacological) neuroenhancement – shows a broad range of prevalence rates among students.
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Neurofeedback on twitter: Evaluation of the scientific credibility and communication about the technique [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Neurofeedback is a popular technique to induce neuroplasticity with a controversial reputation. The public discourse on neurofeedback, as a therapeutic and neuroenhancement technique, encompasses scientific communication, therapeutic expectations and ...
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