Walter Glannon

Neural Prosthetics

Neuroscientific and Philosophical Aspects of Changing the Brain

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Neural prosthetics are systems or devices connected to the brain that can restore damaged or lost sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. This book explores the neuroscientific and philosophical implications of neural prosthetics

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780198813910
• ISBN-10: 0198813910
• Artikelnr.: 62080083

Autorenporträt

Walter Glannon is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. Previously he held academic appointments at McGill University and the University of British Columbia. He has also been a clinical ethicist at three hospitals. He is the author or editor of 11 books, including Biomedical Ethics (2005), Bioethics and the Brain (2006), Brain, Body and Mind: Neuroethics with a Human Face (2011) and Psychiatric Neuroethics: Studies in Research and Practice (2019), all with OUP.

Inhaltsangabe

Intoduction
1: Auditory and Visual Prosthetics
2: Neurostimulation for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
3: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Movement
4: Brain-Computer and Brain-to-Brain Interfaces for Communication
5: Mental and Neural Causation in Brain-Computer and Brain-to-Brain Interfaces
6: Neural Prosthetics for Memory
Epilogue