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Cognition-Enhancer Pharmaceuticals
C-SPAN has aired today a seminar presentation from the 9th of August 2005 by Dr. Arthur Caplan, bioethicist from the University of Pennsylvania, on the topic of the development of cognitively enhancing drugs.
Dr. Caplan is the Director of the Center of Bioethics at UPenn.
Check the C-SPAN website to determine re-air dates and whether the multimedia stream is made available for online viewing.
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
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