Gray Matters

Researchers form a new field, called neuroethics, to probe the implications of our ability to enhance the brain

By LILA GUTERMAN

If you could simply pop a pill to improve your memory, would you? How about if you took it just before an exam? Would that be cheating through chemistry?

Does the prospect of reading the brain's very thoughts seem invasive and frightening? Or might it be...

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