The risk of neurotechnology as an instrument of colonialism

Brain Commun. 2025 Apr 30;7(3):fcaf139. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf139. eCollection 2025.

¹ Neuroethics Canada, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2B5.
² Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.
³ Department of Neuroregeneration, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Prague 142 20, Czech Republic.
⁴ Laboratory of Cognitive Clinical Sciences, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 050657, Romania.
⁵ MINDCARE FOR ALL Association, Bucharest 011761, Romania.
⁶ International Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, Brazil.

Abstract

Illes et al. focus on strategies and solutions to prevent neurotechnologies from being used to perpetuate colonial power dynamics.