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.
Sarah Yeates
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, 2017 In this chapter, we introduce the notion of “moral neuroenhancement,” offering a novel definition as well as spelling out three conditions under which we expect that such neuroenhancement would be most likely to be permissible (or ...
Douglas, Thomas +2 more
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Visual Field Improvement by Standardized Automated Perimetry Following Panmacular Subthreshold Diode Micropulse Laser (SDM) in Open-Angle Glaucoma and Other Optic Atrophies [PDF]
DiagnosticsPurpose: To assess the effect of subthreshold diode micropulse laser (SDM) on visual fields (VF) by standardized automated perimetry (SAP) in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and other non-glaucomatous optic atrophies (OA).
Jeffrey K. Luttrull, Sathy V. Bhavan
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Neuroenhancement and mental health in students from four faculties – a cross-sectional questionnaire study [PDF]
GMS Journal for Medical EducationBackground: Students face great challenges at the beginning of and during their studies. Competitive experience, exam anxiety, and especially the new performance requirements often cause test anxiety and stressful experiences. The extent of substance use
Hajduk, Maurice +3 more
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Non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroenhancement [PDF]
Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, 2022 Attempts to enhance human memory and learning ability have a long tradition in science. This topic has recently gained substantial attention because of the increasing percentage of older individuals worldwide and the predicted rise of age-associated ...
Andrea Antal +31 more
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Phase I NT-501 Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Implant Trial for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma [PDF]
Ophthalmology Science, 2023 Purpose: To assess the safety and efficacy of a ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) intraocular implant on neuroprotection and neuroenhancement in glaucoma. Design: Open-label, prospective, phase I clinical trial.
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD +5 more
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Brain and BehaviorIntroduction There is media concern over students using prescription stimulants as “cognitive enhancers” to try and improve their academic performance.
Ffinian Jones, Philip M. Newton
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Attention neuroenhancement through tDCS or neurofeedback: a randomized, single-blind, controlled trial [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Neurofeedback and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) are promising techniques for neuroenhancement of attentional performance. As far as we know no study compared both techniques on attentional performance in healthy participants. We compared
Gabriel Gaudencio Rêgo +2 more
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Promising applications of non-invasive brain stimulation on military cognition enhancement: a long way to go. [PDF]
Gen Psychiatr, 2023 General Psychiatry, Volume 36, Issue 5, October 2023.
Sun X, Yuan H.
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Reconsidering the concept of 'dual-use' in the context of neuroscience research [PDF]
BioéthiqueOnline, 2014 The concept of ‘dual-use’ research usually refers to research with both civilian (e.g., therapeutic) and military applications. I argue here that this dichotomy can and should be reconsidered and thus that the concept of dual-use can be helpful in ...
Voarino, Nathalie
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