Definitions
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- noun Any of several techniques or systems intended to
enhance the ability tothink either by use ofprosthetics or by use ofelectrical orchemical stimulation .
Etymologies
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It's called neuroenhancement and if you want to find someone who's trying it out, just visit a college campus.
Does Popping Pills Boost Brain Power? Trend Seems To Be Growing 2010
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The AAN statement goes on to advise neurologists like me to exercise our clinical and ethical judgment to decide whether to prescribe medications for neuroenhancement.
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According to new guidance by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Medications currently used for neuroenhancement do not appear to act uniformly to improve executive function or memory across age groups (e.g. elderly/young), populations (high/low IQ), or tasks (novel/repetitive), and in some cases may make cognitive function worse.
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That may explain why the demand for neuroenhancement medication seems to be gaining steam.
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In addition, the risks of the long-term use of off-label medications for neuroenhancement in normal patients without a medical or mental health condition are not known and may not be known for many years.
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That may explain why the demand for neuroenhancement medication seems to be gaining steam.
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The AAN statement goes on to advise neurologists like me to exercise our clinical and ethical judgment to decide whether to prescribe medications for neuroenhancement.
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College campuses have become laboratories for experimentation with neuroenhancement, and Alex was an ingenious experimenter.
Phawker 2009
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The experience that neuroenhancement offers is not, for the most part, about opening the doors of perception, or about breaking the bonds of the self, or about experiencing a surge of genius.
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The experience that neuroenhancement offers is not, for the most part, about opening the doors of perception, or about breaking the bonds of the self, or about experiencing a surge of genius.
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