Cognitive Enhancement

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Cognitive Enhancement – A Critical Look at the Recent Debate

   • Elisabeth Hildt

   Pages 1-14

3. Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Pharmacological Neuroenhancement: Substances and Epidemiology

      • Andreas G. Franke, Klaus Lieb

      Pages 17-27

   3. Psychopharmacological Neuroenhancement: Evidence on Safety and Efficacy

      • Dimitris Repantis

      Pages 29-38

   4. A Bubble of Enthusiasm: How Prevalent Is the Use of Prescription Stimulants for Cognitive Enhancement?

      • Bradley Partridge

      Pages 39-47

   5. Modeling the Effects of Modafinil on Selective Attention Electroencephalographic Neural Correlates

      • Carlos Trenado

      Pages 49-57

   6. Behavioral Neuroenhancement

      • Martin Dresler

      Pages 59-66

   7. The Influence of Sports on Cognitive Task Performance – A Critical Overview

      • Pavel Dietz

      Pages 67-72

   8. The Human Experiment: How We Won’t Win the Rat Race. What Can We Learn from Brain Stimulation in Humans and Rats About Enhancing the Functional Neurobiology of Higher Cognitive Functions?

      • Colleen A. Dockery

      Pages 73-95

4. Philosophical and Ethical Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Better Brains or Bitter Brains? The Ethics of Neuroenhancement

      • Kirsten Brukamp

      Pages 99-112

   3. Cognitive Enhancement – To What End?

      • Michael Hauskeller

      Pages 113-123

   4. Nano-bionic Devices for the Purpose of Cognitive Enhancement: Toward a Preliminary Ethical Framework

      • Frédéric Gilbert

      Pages 125-138

   5. Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs, Behavioral Training and the Mechanism of Cognitive Enhancement

      • Emma Peng Chien

      Pages 139-144

   6. What Is Cognitive Enhancement and Is It Justified to Point Out This Kind of Enhancement Within the Ethical Discussion?

      • Roland Kipke

      Pages 145-157

   7. No Pain, No Gain? Objections to the Use of Cognitive Enhancement on the Basis of Its Potential Effects on the Value of Achievement

      • Lisa Forsberg

      Pages 159-171

   8. Does the Cognitive Enhancement Debate Call for a Renewal of the Deliberative Role of Bioethics?

      • Cynthia Forlini, Eric Racine

      Pages 173-186

5. Sociological, Political and Legal Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

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   2. The Biopolitics of Cognitive Enhancement

      • Peter B. Reiner

      Pages 189-200

Cognitive enhancement is the use of drugs, biotechnological strategies or other means by healthy individuals aiming at the improvement of cognitive functions such as vigilance, concentration or memory without any medical need. In particular, the use of pharmacological substances (caffeine, prescription drugs or illicit drugs) has received considerable attention during the last few years. Currently, however, little is known concerning the use of cognitive enhancers, their effects in healthy individuals and the place and function of cognitive enhancement in everyday life. The purpose of the book is to give an overview of the current research on cognitive enhancement and to provide in-depth insights into the interdisciplinary debate on cognitive enhancement.

• Cognitive Enhancement
• Ethics
• Neuroenhancement
• Neuroethics

From the reviews:

“The editors and chapter authors have produced a very informative book. The intended audience is wide ranging and includes ethicists, philosophers, physicians, psychologists, attorneys, and legislators. … Written and edited by international experts in the field, this is a welcome addition to neuroethics. It covers an increasingly important issue for our society, cognitive enhancement.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody’s Book Reviews, August, 2013)

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

  Elisabeth Hildt

• , Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

  Andreas G. Franke

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