Neurotechnology and Direct Brain Communication: New Insights and Responsibilities Concerning Speechless But Communicative Subjects

ISBN-13: 9780815360629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 184 str.

Opis

This book focuses on recent neuroscientific investigations of infant brains and of brains with disorders of consciousness, both of which are at the forefront of contemporary neuroscience.

Spis treści

Introduction  PART I  1. The Emergence of Consciousness: From foetal to newborn life  2. Mapping Mind-Brain Development 3. Cognitive capacities of the infant mind — a neuroimaging perspective  4. Neural Infantese. Detecting pain and suffering in preverbal infants by means of neuro-technological communication  PART II  5. Does task-evoked activity entail consciousness in vegetative state? “Neuronal-phenomenal inference” versus “neuronal-phenomenal dissociation”  6. Neurotechnological communication with patients with disorders of consciousness  7. Instrumental assessment of residual consciousness in DOCs  PART III  8. Ethical and deontological issues in paediatric clinical studies: an analysis of documents from national and international institutions  9. Disorders of consciousness and informed consent  10. Brain-Imaging and Privacy Concerns  Conclusion

O autorze

Michele Farisco is part of the Neuroethics team of the Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Sweden, where he is completing his second PhD; member of the Ethics & Society Program in the European Human Brain Project, where he is involved in the research in philosophy and neuroethics; and head of the Science and Society Research Unit, Biogem Genetic Research Centre, Ariano Irpino, Italy. He is the author of three books and several articles in the areas of posthuman philosopy and philosophical, ethical, and legal implications of genetics and neuroscience.

Kathinka Evers is Professor of Philosophy and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Sweden, and Honorary Professor at the Central University of Chile, Chile. She is co-director of the Ethics & Society Program in the European Human Brain Project, leading the research in philosophy and neuroethics. Formerly the Executive Director for the Standing Committee on Responsibility and Ethics in Science (SCRES) of the International Council for Science (ICSU), her main research interests are in neuroethics and neurophilosophy, with special focus on analyses of consciousness and brain simulation.