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ArticlePhilosophy compass2021

Neurotechnology ethics and relational agency.

Sara Goering, Timothy Brown, Eran Klein

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Article in Philosophy compass, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ethics of brain-computer interface in mental healthcare.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026
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  7. Development of Korea Neuroethics Guidelines.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sara GoeringDepartment of Philosophy and Center for Neurotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1882-3764
Timothy BrownDepartment of Philosophy and Center for Neurotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Eran KleinDepartment of Philosophy and Center for Neurotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
University of Washington · USOregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

Post-trial obligations in neurotechnologyRF1MH117800 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GOERING, SARA, KLEIN, ERAN · 2018 to 2020
$2.2M
NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH117800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel neurotechnologies, like deep brain stimulation and brain-computer interface, offer great hope for treating, curing, and preventing disease, but raise important questions about effects these devices may have on human identity, authenticity, and autonomy. After briefly assessing recent narrative work in these areas, we show that

Identifiers

PMID34531923
PMCPMC8443241
OpenAlexW3135712815

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.