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Brain policy : how the new neuroscience will change our lives and our politics / Robert Blank
Livre
Edited by Georgetown University Press - 1999
As new treatments emerge for disorders of the brain, new concerns are arising along with them. This book examines the implications of the full range of revolutionary interventions now possible in the human brain. The author warns that while these new techniques may promise medical wonders, they also raise profound political questions.--[4eme de couverture]
Introduction: intervention in the brain. The brain: structure, development, and death. The brain, the mind, and consciousness. Genetics and the brain. The brain and behavior. Brain intervention techniques. Neural grafting. Neurotoxicity. Conclusions: the emergence of brain policy.