Deep Brain Stimulation Studies

Educational Resource
Author:Racine, Valerie
Abstract:

In this fictional case, a young neuroscientist decides whether to take a post-doctoral fellowship in a lab where her assignment would be explore whether deep brain stimulation can be used to modulate soldiers'emotions to make them more effective in high-stress environments.

Keywords:
Controversies, Emerging Technologies, Ethics and Society, Human Enhancement, Military and Defense Research
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2017
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/emerging-biotechnology-collection/deep-brain-stimulation-studies
    • Sponsoring Agency:
    NSF
    Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/gchg-hv83