Author：Yang Qingfeng
Abstract: The cognitive and memory enhancement enabled by brain-computer interface (BCI) technology gives rise to corresponding issues of identity recognition. A comparative analysis of the natural body and the technological body can facilitate the understanding of identity-related problems associated with BCI technology. Identity formed on the basis of the cognitive-memory of the natural body is generally regarded as complete identity, whereas identity shaped by the motor memory of the technological body is defined as incomplete identity. In the context of incomplete identity, the original memory of the natural body undergoes reconstruction, and the motor memory of the newly formed technological body becomes robust and consolidated through training. Essentially, identity recognition of the technological body is a synthesis of cognition and memory. Specifically, cognition is an integration of the perception of the inutility of the natural body and the perception of the utility of the technological body; memory is a combination of the motor memory developed through the training of technological devices and the procedural memory formed in the use of such devices.
Keywords: Brain-Computer Interface (BCI); Memory Enhancement; Incomplete Identity Recognition
