TY - BOOK
T1 - Chemically Modified Minds
T2 - Substance Use for Cognitive Enhancement
AU - Hall, Matthew
AU - Forshaw, Mark
AU - Montgomery, Catharine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances. From a psychosocial perspective, the authors discuss the complex reasons behind their adoption, the ways in which they are misused, and links between use and cognitive enhancement. While studies on substance use to date have examined the aetiology and effects in the context of sporting performance, addiction and recreational use, there has been little work which explores their wider misuse to improve cognitive enhancement. With medical sociology and social psychology at its core, this important volume shows the complex reasons behind the misuse of various substances, how these are connected to contemporary desire for increased mental performance, and why the potential health risks and possibly harmful side effects do not act as deterrents.
AB - This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances. From a psychosocial perspective, the authors discuss the complex reasons behind their adoption, the ways in which they are misused, and links between use and cognitive enhancement. While studies on substance use to date have examined the aetiology and effects in the context of sporting performance, addiction and recreational use, there has been little work which explores their wider misuse to improve cognitive enhancement. With medical sociology and social psychology at its core, this important volume shows the complex reasons behind the misuse of various substances, how these are connected to contemporary desire for increased mental performance, and why the potential health risks and possibly harmful side effects do not act as deterrents.
KW - Ethics of cognitive enhancement
KW - Ethics of smart drugs
KW - Neuroethics
KW - Non-prescription drugs
KW - Pharmacological enhancers
KW - Prescription drugs
KW - Psychoactive substances
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-15-6771-1
DO - 10.1007/978-981-15-6771-1
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85152352830
SN - 9789811567704
BT - Chemically Modified Minds
PB - Springer Singapore
ER -
