Brain-Computer interaction and medical access to the brain: Individual, social and ethical implications

Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hildt, Elisabeth ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain computer interfaces (BCIs); ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951535818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1941-6008.1143     Document Type: Article

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