Neuroenhancements in the Military: A Mixed-Method Pilot Study on Attitudes of Staff Officers to Ethics and Rules

Overview

Journal Neuroethics

Specialty Medical Ethics

Date 2022 Mar 7

PMID 35251363

Authors

Sebastian Sattler

Edward Jacobs

Ilina Singh

David Whetham

Imre Bard

Jonathan Moreno

Gian Galeazzi

Agnes Allansdottir

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12152-022-09490-2.

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