neuroenhancement
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Neuroenhancement or cognitive enhancement is the experimental use of pharmacological or non-pharmacological methods intended to improve cognitive and affective abilities in healthy people who don't have any mental illness. Agents or methods of neuroenhancement are intended to affect cognitive, social, psychological, mood, or motor benefits beyond normal functioning.
Research
11,110 papers- Non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroenhancement.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2022
- [Neuroenhancement].Der Nervenarzt · 2014
- Neuroenhancement by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on DLPFC in healthy adults.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2025
- Smart drugs and neuroenhancement: what do we know?Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) · 2021
- Pharmacological Neuroenhancement: Current Aspects of Categorization, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Drug Development, Ethics, and Future Perspectives.Neural plasticity · 2021
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15 sectionsContents
- Potential agents
- Modafinil
- Methylphenidate
- Others
- Possible adverse effects
- Non-pharmacological
- Neurostimulation
- Software and media
- Quality and social issues
- Validation and quality control
- Well-being and productivity
- In popular culture
- Prevalence
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Neuroenhancement or cognitive enhancement is the experimental use of pharmacological or non-pharmacological methods intended to improve cognitive and affective abilities in healthy people who don't have any mental illness. Agents or methods of neuroenhancement are intended to affect cognitive, social, psychological, mood, or motor benefits beyond normal functioning.
Pharmacological neuroenhancement agents may include compounds thought to be nootropics, such as modafinil, caffeine, and other drugs used for treating people with neurological disorders.
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