Pediatric neuroenhancement
Ethical, legal, social, and neurodevelopmental implications
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- Received July 2, 2012
- Accepted December 5, 2012
- First Published March 13, 2013.
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Author Disclosures
- William D. Graf, MD,
- Saskia K. Nagel, PhD,
- Leon G. Epstein, MD,
- Geoffrey Miller, MD,
- Ruth Nass, MD and
- Dan Larriviere, MD, JD
- William D. Graf, MD,
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(1) Journal of Child Neurology, Editorial Board, 8 years
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- Saskia K. Nagel, PhD,
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I am part of a group of four colleagues who developed a device and apply for patenting it. The process is pending. The content of the patent is not relevant to the article considered for publication here.Status Pending: The device utilizes a computing platform to record and transmit physiological signals from one person to the other.
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Research support from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research [DLR - 01GP1010], Germany. Principal Investigator, 2010-2013.
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- Leon G. Epstein, MD,
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- Geoffrey Miller, MD,
March of Dimes
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Pediatric Bioethics.Cambridge University Press. 2010Extreme Prematurity.Practices, Bioethics and the law.Cambridge University Press.2007
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Author of several entries in the internet informaationsource Up To Date
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- Ruth Nass, MD and
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- Dan Larriviere, MD, JD
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American Association for the Advancement of Science, speaker honorarium
Neurology Today, editorial advisory board 2010-currentContinuum Audio, Associate Editor
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Ochsner Health System
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- From the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology (W.D.G., G.M.), Yale University, New Haven, CT; Institute of Cognitive Science (S.K.N.), University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück Germany; Department of Pediatrics (L.G.E.), Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Departments of Neurology, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and Pediatrics (R.N.), New York University Langone Medical Center, New York; and Department of Neurology (D.L.), Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
- Correspondence to Dr. Graf: william.graf{at}yale.edu
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Disputes & Debates: Rapid online correspondence
- Pediatric Neuroenhancment
- Steven M. Rothman, Pediatric Neurologist, Mercy Clinic St Louissrothman62@gmail.com
Submitted April 16, 2013 - Reply to Rothman
- William D. Graf, Child Neurologist, Yale School of Medicinewilliam.graf@yale.edu
- William D. Graf, New Haven, CT; Saskia K. Nagel, Osnabr?ck Germany; Leon G. Epstein, Chicago, IL; Geoffrey Miller, New Haven, CT; Dan Larriviere, New Orleans, LA
Submitted April 16, 2013
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