Brain augmentation and neuroscience technologies: current applications, challenges, ethics and future prospects.

ABSTRACT: Ever since the dawn of antiquity, people have strived to improve their cognitive abilities. From the advent of the wheel to the development of artificial intelligence, technology has had a profound leverage on civilization. Cognitive enhancement or augmentation of brain functions has become a trending topic both in academic and public debates in improving physical and mental abilities. The last years have seen a plethora of suggestions for boosting cognitive functions and biochemical, physical, and behavioral strategies are being explored in the field of cognitive enhancement. Despite expansion of behavioral and biochemical approaches, various physical strategies are known to boost mental abilities in diseased and healthy individuals. Clinical applications of neuroscience technologies offe

SUBMITTER: Jangwan NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9538357 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature