Neuroenhancement

Neuroenhancement or cognitive enhancement is the experimental use of pharmacological or non-pharmacological methods intended to improve cognitive and affective abilities in healthy people who do not have a mental illness. Agents or methods of neuroenhancement are intended to affect cognitive, social, psychological, mood, or motor benefits beyond normal functioning.

Pharmacological neuroenhancement agents may include compounds thought to be nootropics, such as modafinil, caffeine, and other drugs used for treating people with neurological disorders.

Non-pharmacological measures of cognitive enhancement may include behavioral methods (activities, techniques, and changes), non-invasive brain stimulation, which has been used with the intent to improve cognitive and affective functions, and brain-machine interfaces.

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