Awakening expectations: exploring social and ethical issues surrounding the medical and non-medical uses of cognition enhancing drugs in the UK

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Awakening expectations: exploring social and ethical issues surrounding the medical and non-medical uses of cognition enhancing drugs in the UK

The aim of this thesis is to explore the social and ethical issues surrounding the use of neurotechnologies to control sleep and enhance cognition in British society. Empirically, the project is based on a case study of the wake-promoting drug modafinil. Data analysis involved the study of a corpus...

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Main Author:	Coveney, Catherine M.
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	neurotechnologies neuroethics bioethics cognition cognitive enhancement modafinil
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11671/

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