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SUMMARY:Neuroethical Issues in Cognitive Enhancement and Neuroimaging - PR
 OFESSOR BARBARA SAHAKIAN\, FMEDSCI (Clinical Neuropsychology\, Department 
 of Psychiatry\, Cambridge University)
DTSTART:20071127T173000Z
DTEND:20071127T190000Z
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CONTACT:Amparo E. Flores
DESCRIPTION:Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?\nGaugu
 in 1897\n\nNeuroethics is the study of the ethical\, legal and social ques
 tions that arise when scientific findings about the brain are carried into
  medical practice\, legal interpretations and health and social policy (Da
 na Foundation Conference Proceedings\, Marcus\, 2002).  This talk will foc
 us on some of these important questions as they relate to the use of cogni
 tive enhancing drugs (Farah et al 2004\; Turner and Sahakian 2006a).\n\nTh
 e prospect of being able to take safe and effective drugs to improve menta
 l functioning is fast becoming a reality.  Cognitive enhancement is of gre
 at interest to the general public and has implications for society\, parti
 cularly in regard to the increasing use of cognitive enhancing drugs in sc
 hool age children and young adults in university (Turner and Sahakian 2006
 b).  The enormous and obvious potential benefits of ‘smart drugs’ need
  to be considered against the perhaps less obvious potential harms\, for e
 xample unknown effects on the developing brain or coercion at school or wo
 rk.\n\nThe talk concludes by urging neuroscientists to explore the implica
 tions of their work and engage in active debate with a wide range of inter
 ested stakeholders about the ethical and moral consequences of these new t
 echnologies to ensure maximal benefit to Society with minimal harm (see e.
 g. ‘Neuroethics needed’  Nature\,  2006).\n\nReferences\n\nFarah MJ\, 
 Illes J\, Cook-Deegan R\, Gardner H\, Kandel E\, King P\, Parens E\, Sahak
 ian BJ and Wolpe PR. 2004  Neurocognitive enhancement: what can we do and 
 what should we do? Nature Reviews Neuroscience  5\,  421-425.\n\nMarcus D\
 , 2002.  Neuroethics: Mapping the field conference proceedings.  May 13-14
 \, 2002\, San Francisco\, California.  New York\, The Dana Press.\n\nNeuro
 ethics needed.\nwww.nature.com/nature  vol. 441\, issue no. 7096\, 22 June
  2006\,  p907.\n\nTurner DC and Sahakian BJ\, 2006a.  Neuroethics of cogni
 tive enhancement.  BioSocieties  1  113-123.\n\nTurner DC and Sahakian BJ\
 , 2006b.  The cognition-enhanced classroom.  In Better Humans  edited by P
 aul Miller and James Wilsdon.  Published by DEMOS Collection 21: 79-85.\n
LOCATION:Queen's Building Lecture Theatre\, Emmanuel College
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