Neural engineering: The ethical challenges ahead

Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 283-301

  Buyx, Alena M ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 77954989487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676505.016     Document Type: Chapter

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