Protecting Sexual Diversity: Rethinking the Use of Neurotechnological Interventions to Alter Sexuality

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 24-28

  Gupta, Kristina ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; homosexuality; neuroethics; neurotechnologies; psychopharmaceuticals; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864696815     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2012.694391     Document Type: Article

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