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ArticleJournal of medical ethics2025

Singaporean attitudes to cognitive enhancement: a cross-sectional survey.

Casey M Haining, Hui Jin Toh, Julian Savulescu, G Owen Schaefer

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Article in Journal of medical ethics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Casey M HainingUniversity of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9596-6654
Hui Jin TohCentre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Julian SavulescuCentre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore jsavules@nus.edu.sg.
G Owen SchaeferCentre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-6148

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent developments in genetic technologies have provided prospective parents with increasing opportunities to influence their future child's phenotype. This study aimed to understand public attitudes towards gene-based technologies and services, with a particular focus on improving educational outcomes. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among a Singaporean population (n=1438), adapting a survey instrument previously used in the US context. Our results suggested that Singaporeans had a greater moral acceptance of, and willingness to use, genetic technologies and services compared with the US population. Among the technologies examined, the use of polygenic embryo screening was considered more acceptable than gene editing. While these public attitudes show some support for the use of these technologies, further research and consultation among multiple stakeholder groups is necessary to determine whether such technology should be used and how it should be regulated.

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AttitudeCognitionPublic OpinionAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGenetic TestingHumansMaleMiddle AgedSingaporeSurveys and QuestionnairesGenetic EnhancementReproductive Medicine

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PMID40000240
PMCPMC12573384

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