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Wearable Brain Devices: Buyer Beware

Tech firms are marketing brain recording and stimulating devices directly to consumers without any government supervision. Are they explaining the risks as well as potential benefits?
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The Illusion of the Perfect Brain Enhancer

Many questions loom over transcranial direct current stimulation, a non-invasive form of neurostimulation in which constant, low current is delivered directly to areas of the brain using small electrodes.
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Smart Drugs in Health and Disease

Drugs that enhance cognition might benefit people who have cognitive troubles due to depression or schizophrenia, said researcher Barbara Sahakian in a recent lecture at University College London.
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“Cosmetic Neurology” and the Problem of Pain

Is taking a drug to lessen the pain of our common daily struggles a “cosmetic” enhancement of human life, even a danger to character, or is it an ethical choice?
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Seeking More Goodly Creatures

Ironically, child “enhancing” genetic technologies would only be the latest variation among practices that have been employed, even cherished, throughout history.

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