Brain-Computer-Interfaces in their ethical, social and cultural contexts

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   • Gerd Grübler, Elisabeth Hildt

   Pages 1-4

3. Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Brain–Computer Interfaces and Assistive Technology

      • Rüdiger Rupp, Sonja C. Kleih, Robert Leeb, José del R. Millan, Andrea Kübler, Gernot R. Müller-Putz

      Pages 7-38

   3. Brain-Computer Interfaces and Diagnosis

      • Camille Chatelle, Steven Laureys, Quentin Noirhomme

      Pages 39-47

   4. Brain-Computer Interfaces and Therapy

      • Donatella Mattia, Marco Molinari

      Pages 49-59

4. Stakeholders and Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Brain-Computer Interfaces as an Emerging Assistive Technology (AT): The AT Professionals’ Perspective

      • Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, Lorenzo Desideri, Massimiliano Malavasi, Matteo Rimondini, Mick Donegan

      Pages 63-75

   3. Psychological Perspectives: Quality of Life and Motivation

      • Sonja C. Kleih, Andrea Kübler

      Pages 77-84

   4. Emerging BCI Opportunities from a Market Perspective

      • Christoph Guger, Brendan Z. Allison, Günter Edlinger

      Pages 85-98

   5. Between Neuro-potentials and Aesthetic Perception. Pingo Ergo Sum

      • Adi Hoesle

      Pages 99-108

   6. My BCI Vision

      • Sonja Balmer

      Pages 109-114

   7. The Users’ Perspective

      • Gerd Grübler, Elisabeth Hildt

      Pages 115-125

   8. Relatives’ Report

      • Gerd Grübler, Elisabeth Hildt

      Pages 127-128

5. Reflections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. A Tour of Some Brain/Neuronal–Computer Interfaces

      • Kevin Warwick

      Pages 131-145

   3. Philosophical Reflections on Brain–Computer Interfaces

      • Guglielmo Tamburrini

      Pages 147-162

   4. Brain–Computer Interfaces and User Responsibility

      • Fiachra O’Brolchain, Bert Gordijn

      Pages 163-182

   5. On Human–Computer Interaction in Brain–Computer Interfaces

      • Gerd Grübler, Elisabeth Hildt

      Pages 183-191

   6. BCI and a User’s Judgment of Agency

      • Rutger Vlek, Jan-Philip van Acken, Evine Beursken, Linsey Roijendijk, Pim Haselager

      Pages 193-202

This volume summarizes the ethical, social and cultural contexts of interfacing brains and computers. It is intended for the interdisciplinary community of BCI stakeholders. Insofar, engineers, neuroscientists, psychologists, physicians, care-givers and also users and their relatives are concerned. For about the last twenty years brain-computer-interfaces (BCIs) have been investigated with increasing intensity and have in principle shown their potential to be useful tools in diagnostics, rehabilitation and assistive technology. The central promise of BCI technology is enabling severely impaired people in mobility, grasping, communication, and entertainment. Successful applications are for instance communication devices enabling locked-in patients in staying in contact with their environment, or prostheses enabling paralysed people in reaching and grasping. In addition to this, it serves as an introduction to the whole field of BCI for any interested reader.

• BCI researchers
• BCI stakeholders
• BCI technology
• assistive technology
• body computer interfacing
• brain computer
• brain-computer interfacing
• brain-computer-interfaces
• computer ethics
• ethical aspects BCI
• ethics and computing
• field of BCI
• instance communication devices
• legal aspects BCI
• minds and computers
• social aspects BCI

• Department of Philosophy, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

  Gerd Grübler

• Department of Philosophy, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

  Elisabeth Hildt

Policies and ethics