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17 - Implications of Neurotechnology: Brain Recording and Intervention

from IV - Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2021

By
Pim Haselager
Edited by
Bartosz Brożek ,
Jaap Hage  and
Nicole Vincent
Bartosz Brożek
Affiliation:
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Jaap Hage
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
Nicole Vincent
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
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Summary

Progress in cognitive neuroscience has led to the development of a variety of neurotechnologies that enable the recording and/or stimulation of brain processes. In this chapter the author examines various examples of neurotechnology, and indicates some of their potential effects on a user’s sense, and on society’s attribution, of agency, identity and responsibility. He focuses on neurotechnology that: (1) measures brain activity to drive applications in order to perform actions; (2) stimulates brains in order to change, restore or improve aspects of cognition; or (3) combines recording and stimulation to enable informational loops within or between brains.

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Law and Mind
A Survey of Law and the Cognitive Sciences
 , pp. 353 - 369
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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