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| Title |
Thinking caps for everyone? The role of neuro-enhancement by non-invasive brain stimulation in neuroscience and beyond
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, April 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00071 |
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| Authors |
Felix Duecker, Tom A. de Graaf, Alexander T. Sack |
| Abstract |
Neuro-enhancement by non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has recently made considerable progress, triggering discussions regarding future applications to enhance human performance. We show that neuroscientific research does not aim at improving brain functions per se. Instead, neuro-enhancement is a research tool that has great potential to reveal the neural mechanisms underlying perception, cognition, and behavior. We provide instructive examples that showcase the relevance of neuro-enhancement by NIBS in neuroscience. Importantly, we argue that the scientific value of neuro-enhancement critically depends on our understanding of why enhancing effects occur. This is in contrast to applications of neuro-enhancement in other domains, where such knowledge may not be required. We conclude that neuro-enhancement as a therapeutic tool or in healthy people outside of neuroscience should be kept conceptually distinct, as these are separate domains with entirely different motives for enhancing human performance. Consequently, the underlying principles that justify the application of NIBS will be different in each domain and arguments for or against neuro-enhancement in one domain do not necessarily generalize to other domains. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 29% |
| United States | 7 | 23% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Denmark | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 65% |
| Scientists | 9 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 62 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 24% |
| Unknown | 3 | 4% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 19 | 28% |
| Neuroscience | 13 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 10% |
| Engineering | 6 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 19% |
| Unknown | 5 | 7% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 November 2014.
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#1,620,077
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#124
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#16,388
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
#11
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