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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
Stephan Schleim +2 more
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It Was Me on a Good Day: Exploring the Smart Drug Use Phenomenon in England.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 The non-medical use of prescription medication for the pursuit of increasing cognitive and intellectual capacities (defined neuroenhancement) has received growing attention from the scientific community and policymakers alike.
Elisabeth Julie Vargo, Andrea ePetroczi
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Neuroenhancement – perspectives of Swiss psychiatrists and general practitioners
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012 QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: Although the ethical and health implications of neuroenhancement have been intensely discussed over the past years, little is known about the experiences and attitudes of physicians confronted with requests for neuroenhancing
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The Neuroenhancement of Healthy Individuals Using tDCS: Some Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2014 Over the past two decades there has been increasing scientific interest in Human Enhancement, that is, the possibilities of expanding and enhancing the capabilities of healthy individuals with direct technological interventions into the body.
Toni Pustovrh
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Placebo- and Nocebo-Effects in Cognitive Neuroenhancement: When Expectation Shapes Perception
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Objective: The number of students using prescription drugs to improve cognitive performance has increased within the last years. There is first evidence that the expectation to receive a performance-enhancing drug alone can result in improved perceived ...
Alexander Winkler, Christiane Hermann
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The Use and Impact of Cognitive Enhancers among University Students: A Systematic Review
Brain Sciences, 2021 Introduction: Cognitive enhancers (CEs), also known as “smart drugs”, “study aids” or “nootropics” are a cause of concern. Recent research studies investigated the use of CEs being taken as study aids by university students.
Safia Sharif +3 more
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A Survey of Substance Use for Cognitive Enhancement by University Students in the Netherlands
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2015 Background:Pharmacological cognitive enhancement, using chemicals to change cellular processes in the brain in order to enhance one’s cognitive capacities, is an often discussed phenomenon.
Kimberly Johanna Schelle +9 more
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Use and Propensity to Use Substances as Cognitive Enhancers in Italian Medical Students
Brain Sciences, 2018 International media has paid attention to the use of substances by healthy subjects to enhance cognitive performance. Medical students are liable to use cognitive enhancers (CE) with the aim of improving academic performance.
Marcella Pighi +7 more
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Promises and Perils of Neuroenhancement and its Perspectives for Military Ethics
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Philosophica, 2018 Current developments in the area of neuroenhancement pose multiple ethical and societal questions. Improvements in general cognitive capacities can have important positive effects. With the use of several interventions, ranging from pharmaceutics through
Marcin Orzechowski, Florian Steger
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Sociological Inquiry, EarlyView.Chronic stress is a global issue with detrimental effects on health and productivity, often leading individuals to adopt health‐related coping strategies. This study uses an adapted Job Demands–Resources model to examine how various job demands and resources impact perceived stress and, consequently, the use of legal, prescription, and illegal drugs ...
Sebastian Sattler +3 more
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