Brain Enhancement: Beyond Either/Or

Neuroanthropology | Mar. 9, 2008 (Opinion)

Benedict Carey writes, "Brain Enhancement Is Wrong, Right?" covering the emerging debate on performance-enhancing drugs in academia and other intellectual pursuits. This debate began in the journal Nature, and exploded since then. (I've covered some similar issues in a previous post, Drugs and Biosociality.)

Carey poses us this question, "Is prescription tweaking to perform on exams, or prepare presentations and grants, really the same as ... Full Story »

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Topics: Pharmaceuticals, Psychology, Drugs
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Mar 9, 2008 - 9:55 AM PDT
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 by Julian Friedland - Oct. 1, 2008

Fascinating topic, but overlooks several important issues, i.e. inequality of access to the brain drugs that may only be available to the wealthy. And do we really want to become dependent of drugs to carry out our highest intellectual pursuits? Perhaps such research should be confined to the laboratory.

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Oct. 1, 2008
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Rosemary Graham-Gardner
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 by Rosemary Graham-Gardner - Oct. 1, 2008

Please send a kg to the White House, Congress and Senate!

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