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Moral Goodness Is the Essence of Personal Identity

Starmans and Bloom ([1]; henceforth S&B) argue that research on the centrality of morality in people’s intuitions about personal identity does not reveal much about people’s notions of personal identity (whether an individual is the same person at timea and timea+1), but only something about their notions of similarity (how much the person at timea […]

Published on June 26, 2018

Commentary: Mild endoplasmic reticulum stress ameliorates lpopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment via regulation of microglial polarization

Sachchida N. Rai, Walia Zahra, Hareram Birla, Saumitra S. Singh, Surya P. Singh Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest […]

Published on June 25, 2018

Potential Utility of Retinal Imaging for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review

Huan Liao, Zhuoting Zhu, Ying Peng Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in exploring the untapped potential of the […]

Published on June 23, 2018