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Cognitive Enhancement Using ICT and Its Ethical Implications

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GeNeDis 2016

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 989))

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The utilization of digital tools aiming at the cognitive enhancement of students and adults, so that they can achieve better performance and professional or academic success, has increased in recent years. This paper focuses on ICT tools such as computer games, programming languages and educational software as means for cognitive enhancement and attempts to highlight their contributions. Issues of design and the limitations of digital tools are discussed. In the final section, the ethical implications of using educational ICT tools for cognitive enhancement from a virtue ethics perspective are presented.

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  1. The American College of Greece, 6 Gravias Street, GR-153 42 Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

    Spyros Doukakis, Giannis Stamatellos & Nektaria Glinou

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Doukakis, S., Stamatellos, G., Glinou, N. (2017). Cognitive Enhancement Using ICT and Its Ethical Implications. In: Vlamos, P. (eds) GeNeDis 2016 . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 989. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_21

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