Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-fbnjt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-08T01:56:04.705Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

11 - Reducing, restoring, or enhancing autonomy with neuromodulation techniques

from Part IV - Neural circuitry and modification of the will

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2015

By
Maartje Schermer
Edited by
Walter Glannon
Walter Glannon
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
Get access
Type
Chapter
Information
Free Will and the Brain
Neuroscientific, Philosophical, and Legal Perspectives
 , pp. 205 - 228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Agich, G. J. (1993) Autonomy and Long-Term Care. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (2008) Neuro-prosthetics, the extended mind and respect for persons with disability. In Düwell, M., Rehmann-Sutter, Chr., and Mieth, Dietman (eds.) The Contingent Nature of Life: Bioethics and Limits of Human Existence. Springer, pp. 259–274.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Angelakis, E., Stathopoulou, S., Frymiare, J. L., Green, D. L., Lubar, J. F., et al. (2007) EEG Neurofeedback: a brief overview and an example of peak alpha frequency training for cognitive enhancement in the elderly. The Clinical Neurpsychologist 21, 1: 110–129.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bargh, J. A. and Chartrand, T. L. (1999) The unbearable automaticity of being. American Psychologist 54, 7: 462–479.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bolt, I. and Schermer, M. (2009) Psychopharmaceutical enhancers: enhancing identity? Neuroethics 2: 103–111.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bublitz, J. C. and Merkel, R. (2009) Autonomy and authenticity of enhanced personality traits. Bioethics 23: 360–374.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Christman, J. and Anderson, J. (eds.) (2005) Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism. Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Clark, A. and Chalmers, D. (1998) The extended mind. Analysis 58: 7–19.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chatterjee, A. (2006) The promise and predicament of cosmetic neurology. Journal of Medical Ethics 32: 110–113.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cohen Kadosh, R. and Levy, N., O'Shea, J., Shea, N., and Savulescu, J. (2012) The neuroethics of non-invasive brain stimulation. Current Biology 22, 4: 108–111.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
DeGrazia, D. (2005) Human Identity and Bioethics. New York: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dockery, C. A., Heuckel-Weng, R., O'Shea, J., Shea, N., and Savulescu, J. (2009) Enhancement of planning ability by transcranial direct current stimulation. The Journal of Neuroscience 29, 22: 7271–7277.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dworkin, G. (1976) Autonomy and behaviour control. Hastings Center Report, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 23–28.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dworkin, G. (1988) The Theory and Practice of Autonomy. Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
EGE – European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (2005). Ethical Aspects of ICT Implants in the Human Body. Opinion no. 20. Retrieved from http://icaact.org/files/european-groups-ethics-ict-implants-opinion-20.pdfGoogle Scholar
Feinberg, J. (1986) Harm to Self: The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Felsen, G. and Reiner, P. (2011) How the neuroscience of decision-making informs our conception of autonomy. AJOB Neuroscience 2, 3: 3–14.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ford, P. and Kubu, C. (2007) Ameliorating and exacerbating: surgical “prosthesis” in addiction. American Journal of Bioethics 7, 1: 29–32.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freedman, C. (1998) Aspirin for the mind? Some ethical worries about psychopharmacology. In Parens, E. (ed.) Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, pp. 135–150.Google Scholar
Gisquet, E. (2008) Cerebral implants and Parkinson's disease: a unique form of biographical disruption? Social Science and Medicine 67: 1847–1851.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Glannon, W. (2009) Stimulating brains, altering minds. Journal of Medical Ethics 35: 289–292.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Greely, H., Sahakian, B., Harris, J., Kessler, R. C., Gazzaniga, M., et al. (2008) Towards responsible use of cognitive enhancing drugs by the healthy. Nature 456: 702–705.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hamilton, R., Messing, S., and Chatterjee, A. (2011) Rethinking the thinking cap: ethics of neural enhancement using noninvasive brain stimulation. Neurology 76: 187–193.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hammond, D. C. (2011) What is neurofeedback: an update. Journal of Neurotherapy 15, 4: 305–336.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Johnston, S. J., Boehm, S .G., Healy, D., Goebal, R., and Linden, D. E. (2009) Neurofeedback: a promising tool for the self-regulation of emotion networks. NeuroImage Doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.07.056.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Leentjes, A. F. G., Visser-Vanderwalle, V., Temel, Y., and Verhey, F. R. (2004) Manipuleerbare wilsbekwaamheid: een ethisch probleem bij elektrostimulatie van de nucleaus subthalamicus voor een ernstige ziekte van Parkinson. [Manipulable competence] Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 148: 1394–1397.Google Scholar
Levy, N. (2007) Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century. Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Levy, N. (2011) Enhancing authenticity. Journal of Applied Philosophy 28, 3: 308–318.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Linden, D. E. J., Habes, I., Johnston, S. J., Linden, S., Tatineni, R., et al. (2012) Real-time self-regulation of emotion networks in patients with depression. PLoS One 7, 6: e38115.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lipsman, N. and Glannon, W. (2012) Brain, mind and machine: what are the implications of deep brain stimulation for perceptions of personal identity, agency and free will? Bioethics, Doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01978.x.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maguire, E. A., Gadian, G., Johnsrude, I. S., Good, C. D., Ashburner, J. et al. (2000) Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi-drivers. PNAS 97 (8): 4389–4403.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Manninen, B. (2006) Medicating the mind: a Kantian analysis of overprescribing psychoactive drugs. Journal of Medical Ethics 32: 100–105.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Merkel, R., Boer, G., Fegert, J., Galert, T., Hartmann, D., et al. (2007) Intervening in the Brain: Changing Psyche and Society. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.Google Scholar
Naik, A. D., Dyer, C. B., Kunik, M. E., and McCullough, L.B. (2009) Patient autonomy for the management of chronic conditions: a two component re-conceptualization. AJOB 9, 2: 23–30.Google ScholarPubMed
Osborne, L. (2003) Savant for a day. New York Times Magazine, June 22.Google Scholar
Pacholczyk, A. (2011) DBS makes you feel good! Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Doi 10.3389/fnint.2011.00014.Google Scholar
Rabipur, S. and Raz, A. (2012) Training the brain: fact and fad in cognitive and behavioural remediation. Brain and Cognition 79: 159–179.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Renaud, P., Joyal, C., Stoleru, S., Goyette, M., Weiskopf, N., et al. (2011) Real-time functional magnetic imaging, brain–computer interface and virtual reality: promising tools for the treatment of pedophilia. Progress in Brain Research 192: 263–272.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Rossi, S., Hallett, M., Rossini, P. M., Pascual-Leone, A., Avanzini, G., et al. (2009) Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research. Clinical Neurophysiology 120: 2008–2039.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Schermer, M. (2002) The Different Faces of Autonomy. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schermer, M. (2009) Changes in the self: the need for conceptual research next to empirical research. AJOB 9, 5: 45–47.Google ScholarPubMed
Schermer, M. (2011) Health, happiness and human enhancement: dealing with unexpected effects of deep brain stimulation. Neuroethics, Doi: 10.1007/s12152-011-9097–5.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schermer, M. and Bolt, I. (2011) What's in a name? ADHD and the grey area between treatment and enhancement. In Savulescu, J., ter Meulen, R., and Kahane, G. (eds.) Enhancing Human Capacities. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, pp. 179–193.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sie, M. and Wouters, A. (2010) The BNC challenge to compatibilist free will and personal responsibility. Neuroethics 3: 121–133.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Steven, M. S. and Pascual-Leone, A. (2006) Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the human brain: an ethical evaluation. In Illes, J. (ed.) Neuroethics: Defining the Issues in Theory, Practice and Policy. Oxford University Press, pp. 201–212.Google Scholar
Synofzik, M. and Schlaepfer, T. E. (2008) Stimulating personality: ethical criteria for deep brain stimulation in psychiatric patients for enhancement purposes. Biotechnology Journal 3: 1511–1520.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Synofzik, M., Schlaepfer, T. E., and Fins, J. J. (2012) How happy is too happy? AJOB Neuroscience 3, 1: 30–36.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tanaka, S., Sandrini, M., and Cohen, L. G. (2011) Modulation of motor learning and memory formation by non-invasive cortical stimulation of the primary motor cortex. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: An International Journal 21, 5: 650–675.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Taylor, J. S. (ed.) (2005) Personal Autonomy: New Essays on Personal Autonomy and its Role in Contemporary Moral Philosophy. Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wilson, T. D. (2002) Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious. Cambridge: Belknap Press.Google Scholar
Zimerman, M. and Hummel, F. C. (2010) Non-invasive brain stimulation: enhancing motor and cognitive functions in healthy old subjects. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Doi 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00149CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×