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Ethics

: Neuroethics and Law

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from Johns Hopkins

By Adam Kolber

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Last Edition's Most Popular Article

Symposium Announcement: Human Enhancement: What should be permitted?
Practical Ethics August 12 2009

In the Academic Literature:

Capuchin Monkeys Display Affiliation Toward Humans Who Imitate Them
Science 2009:325(5942):880-883
Mindblind Eyes: An Absence of Spontaneous Theory of Mind in Asperger Syndrome
Science 2009:325(5942):883-885
Monkeys Like Mimics
Science 2009:325(5942):824-825
Uncertainty during Anticipation Modulates Neural Responses to Aversion in Human Insula and Amygdala
Cerebral Cortex Advance Access August 13 2009
Enhancing Neurological Functions Through Bioengineering
The Lancet Neurology 2009:8(9):788
Serial, Covert Shifts of Attention during Visual Search Are Reflected by the Frontal Eye Fields and Correlated with Population Oscillations
Neuron 2009:63(3):386-396
Issues Related to Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Refractory Tourette's Syndrome
Euro Neurology 2008: 62(5): 264-273

In the Popular Press:

Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think
The New York Times August 15 2009
Artificial Tongue Is Sweeter Than Real Thing
Wired Science August 17 2009
Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop
The New York Times August 17 2009
Facial Expressions 'Not Global'
BBC News August 14 2009
Monkeys Booze Because of Genes
BBC News August 17 2009
Brain's Wrinkles Protect Against Head Banging
Wired Science August 17 2009
The Mind's Eye Scans Like A Spotlight: New Role Discovered For Brain Waves
Science Daily August 18 2009
Can Consciousness be Created in Software?
Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies August 15 2009

The Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS) is a collaborative effort of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Johns Hopkins Brain Sciences Institute . The goal of PEBS is to ensure that research in brain science proceeds with an informed understanding of ethical issues, and that philosophical and empirical analyses of the advances in brain research proceed with an informed understanding of the science. With the PEBS Neuroethics News Roundup, we will present a weekly survey of the most pertinent and thought-provoking new articles from both peer-reviewed academic journals and the popular press.

Full post as published by Neuroethics and Law on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).