Implications of neuroscience Psychoactive drugs and identity: between history and culture

Neuroscientifical advances open the possibility to modify capacities in human beings, aimed to enhance them. An example is neurodrugs. Altering memory, attention or mood can make a difference in personal identity. This question about identity is analyzed and its implications on modification of human...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pensamiento (Madrid) 2016-02, Vol.71 (269), p.1309-1321
1. Verfasser: Lydia Feito Grande
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Zusammenfassung:Neuroscientifical advances open the possibility to modify capacities in human beings, aimed to enhance them. An example is neurodrugs. Altering memory, attention or mood can make a difference in personal identity. This question about identity is analyzed and its implications on modification of human nature. This raises again the nature/culture debate, also from the contemporary neuroscience. The conclusion is that dynamism in human narrative identity is the result of an interaction between nature and culture.
ISSN:0031-4749
2386-5822
DOI:10.14422/pen.v71.i269.y2016.015