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# When “I” Becomes “We”: Ethical Implications Of Emerging Brain-To-Brain Interfacing Technologies

## Overview

**Authors:** John B Trimper, Paul Root Wolpe, Karen S Rommelfanger

**Publication Date:** 11 February 2014

**Link:** <https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroengineering/articles/10.3389/fneng.2014.00004/full>

**Keywords:** Brain-tobrain interfacing, brain-computer interfaces, neuroethics, neural privacy, agency and responsibility, identity and selfhood, human enhancement, military applications, ethical regulation, DIY neurotechnology

**Type:**  Peer-Reviewed Journals/White Papers

## Summary

The direct transfer of information between two brains raises new and important ethical issues. Below, we summarize the first two landmark studies in BTBI research, and then discuss ethical concerns relevant to BTBI as they are applied in clinical, research, and non-therapeutic domains.


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