title: Cognitive Enhancement and Beyond: Recommendations from the Bioethics Commission.
abstract: Media outlets are reporting that cognitive enhancement is reaching epidemic levels, but evidence is lacking and ethical questions remain. The US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has examined the issue, and we lay out the commission's findings and their relevance for the scientific community.
authors.affiliation: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, 1425 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA; Office of the Provost, University of Pennsylvania, 120D College Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Anita L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, 1425 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA. Electronic address: nicolle.strand@bioethics.gov.
authors.forename: Nicolle K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Strand
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans
keywords: Bioethics; cognitive enhancement; neuroethics