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Welkom Een iPlant is een hersenimplantaat dat in principe niet verschilt van de huidige DBS implantaten, alleen is de iPlant nog niet ontwikkelt voor dagdagelijks gebruik. De iPlant zou op elektronische wijze de vrijgave van monoamines reguleren in de hersenen, om op die manier zijn gebruiker meer controle te geven over zijn motivatie, gemoedstoestand, leren en creativiteit. Hersenimplantaten als deze bestaan al decennia lang voor dierenonderzoek: zo zijn ze bijvoorbeeld al gebruikt om ratten zware training te geven of nieuw gedrag aan te leren (Burgess et al 1991, Garner et al 1991, Hermez-Vasquez et al 2005). iPlants might also offer a more dynamic alternative to pharmacological modulators of monoamines, such as stimulants and antidepressants.  Deep
brain stimulation implants are currently used to treat a number of psychiatric
conditions by modulating activity in the human reward system. For instance,
Medtronic's Reclaim
implant, which targets the nucleus accumbens, is
CE
marked in the EU and
FDA approved in the US for obsessive compulsive disorder. iPlants could be
implemented using the same technology and surgical procedure, but would involve
brief, strong, rewarding current (RBS), rather than the constant, weak,
normalizing current that is used at present. A patient-doctor agreement would
ensure that RBS was delivered if and only if the patient engaged in
pre-specified, beneficial behaviours, such as the use of a rowing machine, an
exercise cycle, an e-learning program etc. Artificial motivation by means of
conditional RBS is currently the most realistic and interesting application of
iPlants.De iPlant zou mensen de motivatie kunnen geven om moeilijk gedrag te vertonen zoals fysieke inspaningen, leren of onderzoek voeren (zie 'programming'). Ze zouden ook een meer dynamisch alternatief kunnen zijn voor farmacologische modulators van monoamines zoals stimulantia en antidepressiva. Het opzet van deze website is om de verdere ontwikkeling van de iPlant te bespreken. 
iPlant talk at the
International Neuromodulation Conference in Seoul,
iPlant
101, What is
dopamine?, iPlant seminar
iPlant poster from the 2009
International Neuromodulation Conference,
iPlant fiction    
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New questions about the iPlant (February 2010) At the International Neuromodulation Conference in Seoul (September 2009) Does secularism fuck you up? (pt.2, pt.3) (June 2009) What we need to accelerate biomedical research and fight aging (May 2009) I can has freedom and dignity? (April 2009) Using Medtronic's Reclaim implant to generate artificial motivation (March 2009) Wired-article-induced neuroscience rant (March 2009) Riding a bike (December 2008) How compliant do we want our children to be? (December 2008) Thoughts on forks (December 2008) Aging (November 2008) Brainbeat (October 2008) |
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The iPlant: Making life easier for the lazy?
(June 2009)
Enogamez iPlant (June 2009) Something Awesome iPlant Brain Implant Advocated for Self-Improvement (June 2009) Technovelgy iPlant - the motivational implant (June 2009) Futurismic A prosthetic motivational system (April 2009) Emerging Ideas Self-determination for the 21st century (April 2009) psique The iPlant (May 2008) Brain Stimulant |
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