Cognitive Enhancement (eBook)

1. Cognitive Enhancement – a Critical Look at the Recent Debate; Elisabeth Hildt        Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement2. Pharmacological Neuroenhancement: Substances and Epidemiology; Andreas G. Franke and Klaus Lieb3. Psychopharmacological Neuroenhancement: Evidence on Safety and Efficacy; Dimitris Repantis4. A Bubble of Enthusiasm: How Prevalent is the Use of Prescription Stimulants for Cognitive Enhancement?; Brad Partridge5. Modeling the Effects of Modafinil on Selective Attention Electroencephalographic Neural Correlates; Carlos Trenado and Daniel J. Strauss6. Behavioral Neuroenhancement; Martin Dresler7. The Influence of Sports on Cognitive Task Performance – a Critical Overview; Pavel Dietz8. 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 DockeryPhilosophical and Ethical Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement9. Better Brains or Bitter Brains? The Ethics of Neuroenhancement; Kirsten Brukamp10. Cognitive Enhancement – to what End?; Michael Hauskeller11. Nano-Bionic Devices for the Purpose of Cognitive Enhancement: Toward a Preliminary Ethical Framework; Frédéric Gilbert12. Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs, Behavioral Training and the Mechanism of Cognitive Enhancement; Emma Peng Chien13. What Is Cognitive Enhancement? And Is It Justified to Point Out This Kind of Enhancement Within the Ethical Discussion?; Roland Kipke14. No Pain, No Gain? Objections to the Use of Cognitive Enhancement on the Basis of Its Potential Effects on the Value of Achievement; Lisa Forsberg15. Does the Cognitive Enhancement Debate Call for a Renewal of the Deliberative Role of Bioethics?; Cynthia Forlini and Eric RacineSociological, Political and Legal Aspects of Cognitive Enhancement 16. The Biopolitics of Cognitive Enhancement; Peter B. Reiner17. Are We Heading Towards an ‘Enhancement Society’?; Armin Grunwald 18. Leveling the Playing Field: Fairness in the Cognitive Enhancement Debate; Greta Wagner19. My Mind is Mine!? Cognitive Liberty as a Legal Concept; Jan-Christoph Bublitz20. Cognitive Enhancement and Criminal Behavior; Elizabeth Shaw21. Enhanced Control and Criminal Responsibility; John Danaher