September 28, 2007
Boyden blogs on augmenting the brain:
Ed Boyden, a neuroscientist who specialises in developing technology to enhance the mind and brain, has just started writing a blog on the Technology Review site.
I had the pleasure of giving a joint session with Ed at the SciFoo conference on 'clinical problems in neuroscience and practical cognitive augmentation' where I learnt a great deal about techniques to control brain circuits developed by his research team, both for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, and to boost normal cognitive function.
In his first blog post he outlines some of the principles and promises of human augmentation, and discusses what sort of impact this is likely to have on our ideas of 'normal'.
If his work is anything to go by, his blog is going to be well worth reading.
Link to Ed Boyden's blog at Technology Review (via BrainWaves).
Link to Ed Boyden's homepage.
