Conceptual and ethical issues with brain-hardware interfaces

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-501

  Clausen, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HARDWARE INTERFACE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INFORMED CONSENT; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; RECORDING; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN MAPPING; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80053386485     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32834bb8ca     Document Type: Review

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