Rethinking cognitive enhancement / edited by Ruud ter Meulen, Ahmed Dahir Mohamed, Wayne Hall

Meulen, Ruud H. J. ter *1952-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Mohamed, Ahmed Dahir [HerausgeberIn] ; Hall, Wayne *1951-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Meulen, Ruud ter [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

2017

xii, 313 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme

Literaturangaben

978-0-19-872739-2

*0-19-872739-9 - ISBN *0-19-872739-9

*Kognitive Psychologie / Kognitive Entwicklung

*Cognitive neuroscience ; Neurosciences -- Moral and ethical aspects ; Cognition -- Effect of drugs on

*Cognition ; Cognition ; Nootropic Agents ; Biomedical Enhancement ; Cognitive Neuroscience ; Risk Assessment

2017 E-500 ; WL 337

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: RM315

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 612.8/233; ; 615.78;

There has been much recent excitement amongst neuroscientists and ethicists about the possibility of using drugs, as well as other technologies, to enhance cognition in healthy individuals. This excitement has arisen from recent advances in neuroscientific technologies such as drugs that increase alertness and wakefulness in healthy individuals or technologies that can stimulate activity in different parts of the brain - either via the scalp or via electrodes - raising the possibility of producing cognitive and affective improvements in otherwise healthy individuals. Despite this growing interest, there are conflicting views on the ethics of cognitive enhancement. Some argue that enhancement is not only an ethical pursuit but one that we have a moral obligation to pursue. Others are more skeptical about the ethical implications and long term effects of cognitive enhancement. Some neuroscientists argue that use of stimulants as putative enhancers will lead to misuse, abuse and addiction in some users, and might have undesirable long-term consequences.--

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