Bad moves : how decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugs
Language: English
Published by Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 167p. Subjects: Decision making. Nootropic agents Moral and ethical aspects. Neuropharmacology Moral and ethical aspects. Brain Degeneration Treatment Moral and ethical aspects. Genre: Health. Language: English. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- Bad moves : how decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugs
- Author
- Sahakian, B. J.
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0199668477
- ISBN 13
- 9780199668472
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
Here, Barbara Sahakian and Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta discuss the process of normal decision making - our strategies for making decisions, biases that affect us, and influential factors - and then describe the abnormal patterns found in patients with conditions such as severe depression, Alzheimer's, and accidental brain damage.
Using striking examples and case studies from their own research to show the impact of abnormal decision making, they introduce the concept of 'hot' and 'cold' decision making based on the level of emotions involved, showing that in various psychiatric conditions extreme emotions alter the pattern of decision making.
Looking at the ways in which the brain can be manipulated to improve cognitive function in these patients, they consider the use of 'smart drugs' that alleviate these problems. The realization that smart drugs can improve cognitive abilities in healthy people has led to growing general use, with drugs easily available via the Internet. They raise ethical questions about the availability of these drugs for cognitive enhancement, in the hope of informing public debate about an increasingly important issue.
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About the Author
Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta received her medical degree from UCSD, and is currently in the midst of her residency training at the Harvard-affiliated hospitals in Boston, USA. She is a neurology resident at the Partners program (Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's, two of the Harvard-affiliated hospitals). Her current academic interests are in neurocritical care and neuroethics, and she was recently co-author of an article discussing ethical issues involved in consenting vulnerable patients for neuroscientific research.
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