Neuroethics Publications

Title

Monitoring and manipulating the human brain: new neuroscience technologies and their ethical implications

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

May 2004

Comments

Reprinted from Hastings Center Report, May/June 2004, Volume 34, Issue 3, pages 35-45.

Abstract

Discusses the use of new neuroscience technologies in monitoring and manipulating brain function, as of May 2004. History of modern brain imaging; Implications of neuroimaging for medical ethics; Factors that contributed to brain enhancement.

Keywords

Image processing, medical ethics, neurosciences, ultrasonic encephalography

Date Posted: 21 December 2006

This document has been peer reviewed.