Hjerneforskning bringer nye muligheter for inngrep. Medikamenter som påstås å styrke hukommelsen og skjerpe tankene er her. Hvorfor ikke bruke dem? Bør vi oppmuntre en kur mot alt fra nedstemthet til dårlige eksamensresultater? Teknologirådet og NENT inviterer til møte.
Når: 29. oktober 2009 kl. 12.30-16.00
Hvor: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Drammensveien 78, Oslo (se
kart)
Møtet gjennomføres på engelsk.
Program
12.30 Welcome address
Deborah Oughton, NENT and Camilla Schreiner, Teknologirådet12.40 Towards cognitive enhancement for healthy adults
John Harris, Professor of Bioethics, University of Manchester13.20 What do we know that allows us to interfere? And what don’t we know that forbids us?
Steven Rose, Emeritus Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, Open University, Milton Keynes14.00 Break and refreshments
14.30 Comments and reflections
Holger Ursin, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Bergen14.45 Conversation with the audience
Moderator: Matthias Kaiser, NENTKeynote speakers:
John Harris takes a consequentialist approach to bioethics. This has made him a leading defender of the rights of the individual to take choices over medical services and technologies. His contributions in Nature and the
BMJ raised the debate over cognitive enhancement.
Steven Rose’s research focuses on the neurobiology of learning and memory, as well as treatments for Alzheimer. Acclaimed author of several books, including “The 21st-century Brain”, he argues against reductionism and quick fixes to brain function.
Holger Ursin has contributed strongly to medicine and public debate. His main research interests are stress and subjective health problems, as well as coping strategies and responses.
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Kontaktpersoner i Teknologirådet:
Kontaktperson i NENT, den nasjonale forskningsetiske komité for naturvitenskap og teknologi:
Matthias Kaiser
