Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines--modern neuroscience
promises to soon deliver a remarkable array of wonders as well as
profound insight into the nature of the brain. But these exciting new
breakthroughs, warns Steven Rose, will also raise troubling questions
about what it means to be human. In _The Future of the Brain_, Rose
explores just how far neuroscience may help us understand the human
brain--including consciousness--and to what extent cutting edge
technologies should have the power to mend or manipulate the mind.
Rose first offers a panoramic look at what we now know about the
brain, from its three-billion-year evolution, to its astonishingly
rapid development in the embryo, to the miraculous process of infant
development. More important, he shows what all this science can--and
cannot--tell us about the human condition. He examines questions that
still baffle scientists and he explores the potential threats and
promises of new technologies and their ethical, legal, and social
implications, wondering how far we should go in eliminating unwanted
behavior or enhancing desired characteristics, focusing on the new
"brain steroids" and on the use of Ritalin to control young children.
_The Future of the Brain_ is a remarkable look at what the brain
sciences are telling us about who we are and where we came from--and
where we may be headed in years to come.
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ISBN
9780199882441
Publisert
2020
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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