Tag: neuroethics
Blog Posts (26)
February 7, 2013
AJOB Neuroscience 2013 issue 1 is here!!!
This year’s first issue of
AJOB Neuroscience includes:
COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT AND EMOTION
RECONSIDERING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS AND END-OF-LIFE CARE…
January 3, 2013
Brain Control and Consumer Behavior
I teach a course on consumer irrationality and market failure at the Fuqua School of Business. I open up one of my lectures with a brief video demonstration of what psychologists call “the McGurk effect.” (See an example here.) In the video, a ma...April 12, 2012
The Most Interesting Neuroethicist and Philosopher You've Never Met.
The Atlantic calls him “a Timothy Leary for the Viral Video age.” Jason Silva is a self-proclaimed “performance philosopher” who presents novel ideas and even more cutting-edge messaging about biotechnology, neuroscience and bioethics.…
March 23, 2011
Paul Root Wolpe Talks @ TED
According to AJOB Neuroscience Editor, Paul Root Wolpe, it’s time to question the bioengineering of animals, our brains and more. Check it out.…
August 31, 2010
Want to Feel Morally Superior? Use Purell.
We have all heard the adage “cleanliness is godliness”, but according to a new study reported in Wired, cleanliness also translates into moral superiority.…
December 11, 2009
Come One, Come All--To Neuroscience Boot Camp!
Our colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania are having another “Neuroscience Boot Camp“. To learn more, read below or click the link above.…
October 6, 2009
Nonsense. It's Good For You.
Who knew that “The Ministry of Silly Walks” and other such absurdities could actually strengthen our brains? Yes, it’s true.…
September 9, 2009
I Forgot (Sort Of)
As it turns out, many of the things we think we forget are memories actually stored somewhere in our brains as memories we simply cannot access, say neuroscientists who have recently published a paper in Nature.…
February 24, 2009
DBS for OCD? OMG!
As I read on the Triage health blog at the Chicago Tribune, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been approved by the FDA as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).…
January 12, 2009
January 2009 Issue of AJOB Now Available at Bioethics.net
The first AJOB Neuroscience issue of 2009 is now available at bioethics.net. This issue contains a Target Article by researchers from Dalhousie University who are exploring the ethical issues associated with non-clinical uses of pediatric fMRI, particularly in as it related to the educational system and legal settings.…
Published Articles (81)
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 4 Issue 2 - May 2013
Ethical Considerations in Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Addiction and Overeating Associated With Obesity Jared M. Pisapia, Casey H. Halpern, Ulf J. Muller, Piergiuseppe Vinai, John A. Wolf, Donald M. Whiting, Thomas A. Wadden, Gordon H. Baltuch & Arthur L. Caplan
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 4 Issue 2 - May 2013
What We Owe the Psychopath: A Neuroethical Analysis Grant Gillett & Jiaochen Huang
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 4 Issue 2 - May 2013
Minimizing Harm in Psychiatric Treatment and Research Robert L. Sadoff
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 3 Issue 4 - Oct 2012
Neuroethics and the Possible Types of Moral Enhancement John R. Shook
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 1 Issue 1 - Jan 2010
Disbelief and Self-Deception in Conversion Disorder Richard A. Kanaan
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 1 Issue 1 - Jan 2010
Review of Martin Lindstrom, Buyology Dawn N. Albertson
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 1 Issue 1 - Jan 2010
Review of Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown, Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will Teneille Brown
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 1 Issue 1 - Jan 2010
Hysteria and the Varieties of Deception Richard A. Kanaan
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 1 Issue 1 - Jan 2010
Negotiating the Relationship Between Addiction, Ethics, and Brain Science Daniel Z. Buchman, Wayne Skinner & Judy Illes
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 1 Issue 1 - Jan 2010
Neuroenhancement in Young People: Proposal for Research, Policy, and Clinical Management Ilina Singh & Kelly J. Kelleher
News (24)
May 16, 2013 5:44 pm
Electrical Stimulation Might Improve The Brain's Capacity For Math
For people who aren’t so good at math, a mild form of brain stimulation may improve your proficiency.
February 4, 2013 1:13 pm
Understanding of consciousness progresses slowly (Vancouver Sun)
Neuroscientists are working toward a common goal: to increase the understanding of brain function in a way that not only opens new avenues of prevention, diagnosis and treatment for illnesses but also provides insights into the self.
November 26, 2012 5:39 pm
Optogenetics illuminates pathways of motivation through brain, study shows (Inside Stanford Medicine)
Whether you are an apple tree or an antelope, survival depends on using your energy efficiently. In a difficult or dangerous situation, the key question is whether exerting effort — sending out roots in search of nutrients in a drought or running at top speed from a predator — will be worth the energy.
November 2, 2012 6:32 pm
ADHD Drugs Didn't Raise Heart Risks for Kids, Study Finds (U.S. News)
Children who take drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not at increased risk for serious heart problems, according to a new review that confirms previous findings.
November 1, 2012 4:40 pm
"Miracle" Child Born Without Brain Dies in Pueblo (KOAA News)
A family in Pueblo is remembering the life of a little boy was considered a medical miracle. Nickolas Coke has died. He’s the three year old was born without a brain. Nickolas had anencephaly, meaning he was only born with a brain stem. Most babies with that condition are still born or die shortly after birth. But Nicholas lived a remarkable life.
October 25, 2012 4:52 pm
Protein Regulation Linked to Intellectual Disability (HealthCanal)
Genetics researchers at the University of Adelaide have solved a 40-year mystery for a family beset by a rare intellectual disability - and they’ve discovered something new about the causes of intellectual disability in the process.
October 18, 2012 4:11 pm
Should We Screen Kids' Brains and Genes to ID Future Criminals? (Slate)
We are now reaching a critical juncture where scientific developments in both genetics and neuroscience may soon be able to identify children with a greatly increased risk of engaging in future violent activity. Perhaps the most critical question is, what do we do with such children when we identify them?
September 13, 2012 1:31 pm
Neuro-Pretensions: Attacking the Science of Pop Neuroscience (Reason (blog))
Steven Poole in the New Statesman has a fun and feisty attack–very appropriate in the memory of Thomas Szasz, one of the great warriors against the scientistic pretensions of our knowledge of the human mind–on pop neuroscience books, for grossly overstating the value of fMRI evidence, burying truistic speculation under the guise of cutting-edge science, and sheer hand-waving silliness, among other intellectual crimes.
July 5, 2012 1:10 pm
Controversial science of brain imaging (Scientific American)
Researchers have been struggling to unfold ‘what’s under the hood’ through the lens of neuroscience and they have been finding all sorts of insights into human behavior. They have been looking at everything from how multitasking is harder for seniors to how people love talking about themselves. Neural basis of love and hatred, compassion and admiration have all been studied with fMRI, yielding colored blobs representing the corresponding love or hatred centers in our brains. But what does it all really mean?
June 22, 2012 11:46 am
The Agony of Banning Ecstasy (Slate)
One of the things I find very disturbing about the current approach to drugs, which is simply prohibition without necessarily any full understanding of harms, is that we lose sight of the fact that these drugs may well give us insights into areas of science that need to be explored and may give us new opportunities for treatment.