Threats to Neurosurgical Patients Posed by the Personal Identity Debate
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DOI: 10.1007/s12152-017-9304-0
Abstract: Decisions about brain surgery pose existential challenges because they are often decisions about life or death, and sometimes about possible personality changes. Therefore they require rigorous neuroethical consideration. However, we doubt whether metaphysical interpretations of… read more here.
Keywords: identity debate; personal identity; theories personal; identity ... See more keywords
Relations between personality changes and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease pathology.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.12.024
Abstract: Specific changes in personality profiles may represent early non-cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evaluating the subject's personality changes may add significant clinical information, as well as help to better understand the interaction between personality… read more here.
Keywords: alzheimer disease; pathology; changes cerebrospinal; personality ... See more keywords
Personality changes following heart transplantation: The role of cellular memory.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109468
Abstract: Personality changes following heart transplantation, which have been reported for decades, include accounts of recipients acquiring the personality characteristics of their donor. Four categories of personality changes are discussed in this article: (1) changes in… read more here.
Keywords: personality changes; heart; memory; heart transplantation ... See more keywords
Is Theory Fading Away from Reality? Examining the Pathology Rather than the Technology to Understand Potential Personality Changes
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DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2022.2150712
Abstract: Haeusermann et al. (2023) draw three overall conclusions from their study on closed loop neuromodulation and self-perception in clinical treatment of refractory epilepsy. The first is that closed-loop neuromodulation devices did not substantially change epileptic… read more here.
Keywords: dbs; technology; self perception; pathology ... See more keywords