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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Differential effects of MDMA and methylphenidate on social cognition [PDF]
, 2014 Social cognition is important in everyday-life social interactions. The social cognitive effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') and methylphenidate (both used for neuroenhancement and as party drugs) are largely unknown.
Crockett, Molly J. +5 more
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Non-invasive brain stimulation can induce paradoxical facilitation. Are these neuroenhancements transferable and meaningful to security services? [PDF]
, 2013 For ages, we have been looking for ways to enhance our physical and cognitive capacities in order to augment our security. One potential way to enhance our capacities may be to externally stimulate the brain.
Brunelin, Jerome +2 more
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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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Neuroethical issues in pharmacological cognitive enhancement. [PDF]
, 2014 This is the published manuscript. It is available online from the Wiley in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcs.1306/abstract;jsessionid=05002026F7F8502EFC9A9553EC8CE45C.f03t02.UNLABELLED:
Beauchamp TL +22 more
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Cognitive Enhancement: Treating or Cheating? [PDF]
, 2015 In this article I provide an overview of the moral and medical questions surrounding the use of cognitive enhancers. This discussion will be framed in light of 4 key considerations: (1) is there a difference between therapy and enhancement?
Whetstine, Leslie M.
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A comparison of attitudes toward cognitive enhancement and legalized doping in sport in a community sample of Australian adults [PDF]
, 2012 Background: This article compares public attitudes toward the use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement with the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.
Hall, Wayne +2 more
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A practical application of text mining to literature on cognitive rehabilitation and enhancement through neurostimulation [PDF]
, 2014 The exponential growth in publications represents a major challenge for researchers. Many scientific domains, including neuroscience, are not yet fully engaged in exploiting large bodies of publications.
Balan, Puiu F. +2 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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