In the face of the threat to privacy,mental integrity and psychological continuity posed by brain-computer interface technology,the right to the body,while providing some safeguards,is insufficient to recognise its specificity,especially in the case of non-intrusive ones.The right to privacy,while safeguarding citizens from having their minds probed,does not allow for change.Freedom of thought,cognitive freedom and mental self-awareness are somewhat radical in their positive orientation of actively seeking interventions to shape the state of one's brain.Brain-computer interface technology interferes with the human mind in ways that are not only immediate and serious,but may even be permanent,thus establishing a right to mental integrity.Regardless of the use,degree of intrusion,or type of interface,research applications of this technology must be informed and consented to,and may not be compelled to do so by physical force or by concealment.Unlike the obligation of the State to fulfil in order to guarantee the right to mental health of its citizens,the right to mental integrity is about privacy,identity and autonomy,and focuses on a competence against non-interference by the State.
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