Why non-invasive brain stimulation should not be used in military and security services

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Sehm, Bernhard ^a   Ragert, Patrick ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethics; Military; Non invasive brain stimulation; Security; TDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933677633     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00553     Document Type: Article

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