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Bad Moves - How decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugs (Paperback)
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Bad Moves - How decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugs (Paperback)
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Making decisions is such a regular activity that it is mostly taken
for granted. However, damage or abnormality in the areas of the
brain involved in decision-making can severely affect personality
and the ability to manage even simple tasks. 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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