Background MR-guided focused ultrasound is a promising intervention for treatment-
resistant mental illness, and merits contextualized ethical exploration in relation to more …

The literature on deep brain stimulation (DBS) and adaptive DBS (aDBS) raises concerns
that these technologies may affect personality, mood, and behavior. We conducted semi …

Are we humans destined to become 'posthuman'? In this paper, we question the claims of
posthumanism, accepting some of its broader insights whilst proposing a more empirically …

Abstract Background: Newer “closed-loop” neurostimulation devices in development could,
in theory, induce changes to patients' personalities and self-perceptions. Empirically …

There is evidence to suggest that some patients who undergo Deep Brain Stimulation can
experience changes to dispositional, emotional and behavioural states that play a central …

To conclude that there is enough or not enough evidence demonstrating that deep brain
stimulation (DBS) causes unintended postoperative personality changes is an epistemic …

Responding to reports of cases of personality change following deep brain stimulation,
neuroethicists have debated the nature and ethical implications of these changes. Recently …

The profound changes in personality, mood, and other features of the self that neural
interventions can induce can be disconcerting to patients, their families, and caregivers. In …

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) uses electrodes implanted in the brain to modulate
dysregulated brain activity related to a variety of neurological and psychiatric conditions. A …

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an invasive therapeutic method involving the implantation
of electrodes and the electrical stimulation of specific areas of the brain to modulate their …