Screen LibraryNanotechnology, the brain, and the future /
Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human: language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture, politics. The neurosciences have given us, in recent decades, fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what that means for how we see ourselves as individuals a...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Yearbook of nanotechnology in society ;
v.3 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1787-9 |
| Summary: |
Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human: language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture, politics. The neurosciences have given us, in recent decades, fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what that means for how we see ourselves as individuals and as communities. Now - with the help of new advances in nanotechnology - brain science proposes to go further: to study its molecular foundations, to repair brain functions, to create mind-machine interfaces, and to enhance human mental capacities in radical ways. This book explores the convergence of these two revolutionary scientific fields and the implications of this convergence for the future of human societies. In the process, the book offers a significant new approach to technology assessment, one which operates in real-time, alongside the innovation process, to inform the ways in which new fields of science and technology emerge in, get shaped by, and help shape human societies. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400717879 (electronic bk.) 9400717873 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | T174 |
| CLC: | TB383 |
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Introduction to RTTA -- Applications of Nanotechnology to the Brain and Central Nervous System / Public Attitudes Towards Nanotechnology-Enabled Cognitive Enhancement in the United States / U.S. News Coverage of Neuroscience Nanotechnology: How U.S. Newspapers Have Covered Neuroscience Nanotechnology During the Last Decade / Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future: Ethical Considerations / A New Model for Public Engagement: The Dialogue on Nanotechnology and Religion / Introduction: Ethics and Anticipatory Governance of Nano-Neurotechnological Convergence / Brain Repair and Brain-Machine Implants -- The Age of Neuroelectronics / The Cochlear Implant Controversy: Lessons Learned for Using Anticipatory Governance to Address Societal Concerns of Nano-scale Neural Interface Technologies / Healing the Blind: Perspectives of Blind Persons on Methods to Restore Sight / Nanotechnology, the Brain, and Personal Identity / Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Brain-Implants Using Nano-Scale Materials and Techniques / Enhancing the Brain and Cognition -- The Complex Cognitive Systems Manifesto / Narratives of Intelligence: The Sociotechnical Context of Cognitive Enhancement in American Political Culture / Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy / The Opposite of Human Enhancement: Nanotechnology and the Blind Chicken Problem / National Citizens' Technology Forum: Nanotechnologies and Human Enhancement / Panelists' Reports by State: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin (a-f) / Nanoparticle Toxicity and the Brain -- A Review of Nanoparticle Functionality and Toxicity on the Central Nervous System / Recommendations for a Municipal Health & Safety Policy for Nanomaterials / Nanotechnology in Cambridge: What Do You Think? / Anticipatory Governance in Practice? Nanotechnology Policy in Cambridge, Massachusetts / |