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Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future

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Editors:
  1. Sean A. Hays

    1. , The Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University, TEMPE, USA

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  2. Jason Scott Robert

    1. , The Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

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  3. Clark A. Miller

    1. , The Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

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  4. Ira Bennett

    1. , The Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

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  • The first assessment of the convergence of neuroscience and nanotechnology, its implications for the brain, and the social and ethical questions to which it gives rise
  • A novel approach to real-time assessment of new and emerging technologies
  • The first serious empirical analysis, using quantitative and qualitative methods, of the potential for and societal ramifications of human cognitive enhancement

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society (YNTS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Ethics and Anticipatory Governance of Nano-Neurotechnological Convergence

    • Jason Scott Robert, Clark A. Miller, Valerye Milleson
    Pages 1-17

  3. Introduction to RTTA

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Applications of Nanotechnology to the Brain and Central Nervous System

      • Christina Nulle, Clark A. Miller, Alan Porter, Harmeet Singh Gandhi
      Pages 21-41

    3. Public Attitudes Towards Nanotechnology-Enabled Cognitive Enhancement in the United States

      • Sean A. Hays, Clark A. Miller, Michael D. Cobb
      Pages 43-65

    4. U.S. News Coverage of Neuroscience Nanotechnology: How U.S. Newspapers Have Covered Neuroscience Nanotechnology During the Last Decade

      • Doo-Hun Choi, Anthony Dudo, Dietram A. Scheufele
      Pages 67-78

    5. Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future: Ethical Considerations

      • Valerye Milleson
      Pages 79-96

    6. A New Model for Public Engagement: The Dialogue on Nanotechnology and Religion

      • Richard Milford, Jameson M. Wetmore
      Pages 97-111

  5. Enhancing the Brain and Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. The Complex Cognitive Systems Manifesto

      • Richard P. W. Loosemore
      Pages 195-217

    3. Narratives of Intelligence: The Sociotechnical Context of Cognitive Enhancement in American Political Culture

      • Sean A. Hays
      Pages 219-234

    4. Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy

      • Henry Greely, Barbara Sahakian, John Harris, Ronald C. Kessler, Michael Gazzaniga, Philip Campbell et al.
      Pages 235-245

    5. The Opposite of Human Enhancement: Nanotechnology and the Blind Chicken Problem

      • Paul B. Thompson
      Pages 247-263

    6. National Citizens’ Technology Forum: Nanotechnologies and Human Enhancement

      • Patrick Hamlett, Michael D. Cobb, David H. Guston
      Pages 265-283
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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.

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“The text goes through a review of new technology relating to biophysical, electronic, neurophysiology, and cognitive enhancement pertaining to this burgeoning field of Nanotechnology as relating to brain research. The authors do an excellent job on discussing some of the moral, ethical, and religious discussions now being made with reference to this subject. … I highly recommend this book to all audiences.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , The Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University, TEMPE, USA

    Sean A. Hays

  • , The Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    Jason Scott Robert, Clark A. Miller, Ira Bennett

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