Human enhancement for the common good-using neurotechnologies to improve eyewitness memory

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 22-33

  Vedder, Anton ^a   Klaming, Laura ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common good; Epistemology; Eyewitness evidence; Neurocognitive enhancement; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958735966     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2010.483996     Document Type: Article

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