Moral attitudes and willingness to enhance and repair cognition with brain stimulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The availability of technological means to enhance and repair human cognitive function raises questions about the perceived morality of their use. However, we have limited knowledge about the public's intuitive attitudes toward uses of brain stimulation. Studies that enlighten us about the public's willingness to endorse specific uses of brain stimulation on themselves and others could provide a basis to understand the moral psychology guiding intuitions about neuromodulation and opportunities to inform public education and public policy.

Objective

Hypothesis: We expected that subjects would be less willing to enhance or repair cognitive functions perceived as more "core" to "authentic" self-identity, prioritize brain stimulation uses for themselves, and more will

SUBMITTER: Medaglia JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6685214 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan - Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature