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Promises and Perils of Neuroenhancement and its Perspectives for Military Ethics
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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Moral Enhancement by Technological Means: Possible, Permissible, a Duty? [PDF]
Attempts to enhance individual and communal morality are as old as human communal living itself. But only recently have philosophers, bioethicists and scientists begun to seriously consider the possibilities and implications of employing technological ...
Toni Pustovrh, Monika McCollister Pirc
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Placebo- and Nocebo-Effects in Cognitive Neuroenhancement: When Expectation Shapes Perception
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 Neuroenhancement of Healthy Individuals Using tDCS: Some Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects [PDF]
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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Neuroenhancement aus theologisch-ethischer Perspektive [PDF]
Viele Einwände gegen den Gebrauch von Neuroenhancern halten einer ethischen Prüfung nicht stand. Dennoch kann erläutert werden, inwiefern die Menschen ihre Autonomie tatsächlich aufs Spiel setzen, wenn sie sich mittels Neuroenhancement optimieren.
Ohly, Lukas, Wellhöfer, Catharina
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Moral Neuroenhancement and the Discernibility Challenge [PDF]
Both scientists and philosophers have increasingly focused on the prospect of moral neuroenhancement—the use of neurotechnologies or psychoactive substances to facilitate moral improvement.
Jahn, Marcel, Moon, Jee Hyun
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The direct assessment of explicit attitudes towards performance enhancing substances, for example Neuroenhancement or doping in sports can be affected by social desirability biases and cheating attempts.
Sebastian eSchindler, Wanja eWolff
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Non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroenhancement
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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Pharmacological Neuroenhancement [PDF]
June, 26th is International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Neuroenhancement is therefore the focus of this issue of GBE kompakt. Results of KOLIBRI, a study by Robert Koch-Institute, are presented which show who is doing cognitive ...
Hoebel, Jens +3 more
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Self-control contributions to university students' neuroenhancement behaviour [PDF]
Students’ use of substances with the intent to enhance cognitive and/or academic functioning (referred to as “neuroenhancement”) has received increased academic attention in recent years.
Brooker, Brianne
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