From college kids using Attention Deficite / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drugs to boost exam scores to helmet-mounted brain stimulators that keep soldiers alert, the increasing application of neuroscience advances to non-medical or “lifestyle” uses raises difficult questions with which society is only beginning to come to grips. The more that science reveals about the brain, it seems, the thornier are the ethical questions about how that knowledge is used…
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