Cognitive enhancement: Treating or cheating?

In this article I provide an overview of the moral and medical questions surrounding the use of cognitive enhancers. The discussion will be framed in light of four key considerations (1) is there a difference between therapy and enhancement? (2) How safe are these interventions? (3) Is the use of nootropics cheating? (4) Will enhancers create a further divide of social inequality where only the very wealthy will have access to them?

Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - May 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Leslie M. Whetstine Source Type: research