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Understanding societal challenges: a NeurotechEU perspective.
Schulz, Daniela; Lillo-Navarro, Carmen; Slors, Marc; Hrabéczy, Anett; Reuter, Martin.
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  • Schulz D; Behavioral Biology Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Life Sciences and Technologies, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
  • Lillo-Navarro C; Department of Pathology and Surgery, Center for Translational Research in Physiotherapy, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain.
  • Slors M; Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Hrabéczy A; Department of Educational Studies, Institute of Educational Studies and Cultural Management, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Reuter M; Personality Psychology and Biological Psychology, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Front Neurosci ; 18: 1330470, 2024.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39130375
ABSTRACT
Futuristic universities like The NeurotechEU and the technological innovations they provide will shape and serve society, but will also require support from society. Positive attitudes about neuro-technologies will increase their reach within society and may also impact policy-making, including funding decisions. However, the acceptability rates, especially of invasive neuro-technologies, are quite low and the majority of people are more worried than enthusiastic about them. The question therefore arises as to what neuro-technological advances should entail. In a rare effort to reach out to the public, we propose to conduct a trans-national survey with the goal to better understand the challenges of our NeurotechEU nations. We aim to compare and contrast our nations specifically with respect to their perspectives on neuro-technological advances, i.e., their needs for, interests in, access to, knowledge of and trust in neuro-technologies, and whether these should be regulated. To this end, we have developed the first version of a new tool-the Understanding Societal Challenges Questionnaire (USCQ)-which assesses all six of these dimensions (needs, interest, access, knowledge, trust, and policy-making) and is designed for administration across EU/AC countries. In addition to trans-national comparisons, we will also examine the links of our nations' perspectives on neuro-technological advances to demographic and personality variables, for example, education and socio-economic status, size of the residential area, the Big Five personality traits, religiosity, political standings, and more. We expect that this research will provide a deeper understanding of the challenges that our nations are facing as well as the similarities and differences between them, and will also help uncover the variables that predict positive and negative attitudes toward neuro-technological advances. By integrating this knowledge into the scientific process, The NeurotechEU may be able to develop neuro-technologies that people really care about, are ethical and regulated, and actually understood by the user.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Neurosci Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Suiza
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Neurosci Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Suiza