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Neurostimulation
Stimulating the brain with implanted or external devices is established therapy for some conditions — and a contested tool for enhancement.
Cognitive Enhancement
Attempts to boost focus, memory, or mood with drugs, supplements, and stimulation are common, but robust enhancement in healthy people is weaker than the marketing suggests.
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Psilocybin and MDMA paired with therapy show promise for depression and PTSD in trials, but regulatory approval, durability, and trial design remain unsettled.
Memory Modulation
Techniques to weaken, strengthen, or even implant memories work in animals and hint at trauma treatments, but human memory engineering is early and ethically fraught.
Whole-Brain Emulation
The idea of scanning and simulating a brain in enough detail to reproduce its function is a long-horizon concept with no experimental pathway in humans and deep unknowns about what would be captured.