Editor's Summary
31 January 2008
Food for thought
The Correspondence columns this week comment on the merits and demerits of cognitive enhancement, prompted by the Commentary 'Professor's little helper', by Barbara Sahakian and Sharon Morein-Zamir (Nature 450, 1157–1159; 2007), and the continuing online Nature Forum thread 'Would you boost your brain power?' (http://tinyurl.com/2qpxff).
Correspondence: The action of enhancers can lead to addiction
Nora D. Volkow & James M. Swanson
doi:10.1038/451520a
Correspondence: Drugs can be used to treat more than disease
Nick Bostrom
doi:10.1038/451520b
Correspondence: Low dose of alertness drug counters 'family fatigue'
Charles Eaton
doi:10.1038/451520c
Correspondence: Drugging unruly children is a method of social control
Steven Rose
doi:10.1038/451521a
Correspondence: Humans have always tried to improve their condition
John Harris & Muireann Quigley
doi:10.1038/451521b
Correspondence: Policy must recognize drug impact on different sectors
Robin Pierce & Judy Illes
doi:10.1038/451521c
Correspondence: Rationality is a better basis for ethics than repugnance
Martha J. Farah
doi:10.1038/451521d
