Chemically Modified Minds: Substance Use for Cognitive Enhancement - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 9811567700 ISBN 13: 9789811567704

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

Riassunto

<p>This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore&nbsp;the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances. From a psychosocial perspective,&nbsp;the authors discuss the complex reasons behind their adoption, the ways in which they are&nbsp;misused, and links between use and cognitive enhancement. While studies on substance use to&nbsp;date have examined the aetiology and effects in the context of sporting performance, addiction&nbsp;and recreational use, there has been little work which explores their wider misuse to improve&nbsp;cognitive enhancement.</p><p>With medical sociology and social psychology at its core, this important volume shows the&nbsp;complex reasons behind the misuse of various substances, how these are connected to&nbsp;contemporary desire for increased mental performance, and why the potential health risks&nbsp;and possibly harmful side effects do not act as deterrents.</p><p></p>

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<div><p>Dr Matthew Hall is the Programme Leader for Psychology, and Chair of the Research and&nbsp;Ethics Committee at Arden University; Associate Academic, University of Derby; and Editor for&nbsp;the Journal of Gender Studies. He actively publishes, and his research interests include: health;&nbsp;new, mediated and cyberspace identities; image-based sexual violence; online violations;&nbsp;cognitive enhancement; body modification; disability; gender and sexuality; body image and&nbsp;image consciousness.</p><p>Dr Mark Forshaw is a Health Psychologist and Subject Leader at Liverpool John Moores&nbsp;University. He is a Past President of the Institute of Health Promotion & Education, and a&nbsp;previous trustee of the British Psychological Society amongst other organisations. He is the&nbsp;author of numerous books on health psychology, research, and critical thinking.</p><p>Dr Catharine Montgomery is a Reader in Psychopharmacology at Liverpool John Moores&nbsp;University. She is co-leader of the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour at LJMU, and is on&nbsp;the steering group for the Liverpool Centre for Alcohol Research. She has expertise in the effects&nbsp;of substance use on psychological functioning, and has published numerous journal articles&nbsp;and book chapters in this area.</p></div>

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This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore&nbsp;the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances. From a psychosocial perspective,&nbsp;the authors discuss the complex reasons behind their adoption, the ways in which they are&nbsp;misused, and links between use and cognitive enhancement. While studies on substance use to&nbsp;date have examined the aetiology and effects in the context of sporting performance, addiction&nbsp;and recreational use, there has been little work which explores their wider misuse to improve&nbsp;cognitive enhancement.<p>With medical sociology and social psychology at its core, this important volume shows the&nbsp;complex reasons behind the misuse of various substances, how these are connected to&nbsp;contemporary desire for increased mental performance, and why the potential health risks&nbsp;and possibly harmful side effects do not act as deterrents.</p><p>Dr Matthew Hall is the Programme Leader for Psychology, and Chair of the Research and&nbsp;Ethics Committee at Arden University; Associate Academic, University of Derby; and Editor for&nbsp;the Journal of Gender Studies. He actively publishes, and his research interests include: health;&nbsp;new, mediated and cyberspace identities; image-based sexual violence; online violations;&nbsp;cognitive enhancement; body modification; disability; gender and sexuality; body image and&nbsp;image consciousness.</p><p>Dr Mark Forshaw is a Health Psychologist and Subject Leader at Liverpool John Moores&nbsp;University. He is a Past President of the Institute of Health Promotion & Education, and a&nbsp;previous trustee of the British Psychological Society amongst other organisations. He is the&nbsp;author of numerous books on health psychology, research, and critical thinking.</p><p>Dr Catharine Montgomery is a Reader in Psychopharmacology at Liverpool John Moores&nbsp;University. She is co-leader of the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour at LJMU, and is on&nbsp;the steering group for the Liverpool Centre for Alcohol Research. She has expertise in the effects&nbsp;of substance use on psychological functioning, and has published numerous journal articles&nbsp;and book chapters in this area.</p><p><br></p>

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9811567700
• ISBN 13: 9789811567704
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 196
• Redattore: Hall Matthew, Forshaw Mark, Montgomery Catharine
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