Biosocial spaces and neurocomputational governance: brain-based and brain-targeted technologies in education

Discourse

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 258-275

  Williamson, Ben ^a   Pykett, Jessica ^b   Nemorin, Selena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; big data; biosocial; brain; cognitive computing; neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032338223     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2018.1394421     Document Type: Article

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