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Sugar’s Sick Secrets: How Industry Forces Have Manipulated Science to Downplay the Harm

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 12, 2019

UCSF researchers report the food and beverage industries push sugary products while obfuscating the significant health issues added sugars can cause. The findings shed light on sugars' link to disease and exposes industrial tactics to downplay the public health risks of diets too high in sugar.... Read More...

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What Does ‘Dead’ Mean? How Should We Define Death?

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 4, 2019

A new special report raises the question, in light of modern medical developments, whether clinicians should redefine what is meant by the term 'death'.... Read More...

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High Stakes Decision Making Causes More Cheating and Less Charity

Neuroscience NewsOctober 18, 2018

According to researchers, when faced with high stakes decision making tasks, people are more likely to lose sight of personal morality, leading to more cheating and less charitable efforts.... Read More...

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Using Electrical Brain Stimulation to Foster Creativity

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 19, 2018

Researchers debate the growing use of tES to enhance creativity, concluding there is a potential value in brain stimulation. However, researchers say, the use of tES raises a number of neuroethical, legal and social issues that must be addressed.... Read More...

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Confronting ‘Yucky’ Attitudes About Genetically Engineered Foods

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 18, 2018

Researchers hope to expose the gap between advocates of GMOs and opponents.... Read More...

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Are We Predisposed to Forgive?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 17, 2018

A new study reports our cognitive flexibility in judging those who wrong us may shed light on both the human tendency to forgive, and explain why people hold on to those who continue to wrong them.... Read More...

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Our Shared Reality is Fraying

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 15, 2018

Researchers report truth is key to normal human interactions and consider how society might be losing its sense of shared reality.... Read More...

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The Problem with Solving Problems

Neuroscience NewsJune 29, 2018

Researchers say prevalence induced concept changes cause people to redefine problems as they are reduced. ... Read More...

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Belief in Free Will Unrelated to Moral Behavior

Neuroscience NewsJune 26, 2018

A new study contradicts conventional assumptions that belief in free will is tied to a person's moral behavior. Researchers say free will may promote moral behavior in specific contexts, but it is not indicative of moral behavior overall.... Read More...

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Can Your Brain Testify Against You?

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 2, 2018

Researchers question the ethical implications of using neuroscience techniques for legal cases.... Read More...

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From Healthcare to Warfare: How to Regulate Brain Technology

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 18, 2018

University of Basel bioethicists have outlined a new biosecurity framework for neurotechnology. They call for regulations to protect the mental privacy and integrity of those the technologies are used on.... Read More...

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Mirror Neuron Activity Predicts People’s Decision Making in Moral Dilemmas

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 5, 2018

UCLA researchers investigated how the brain responds when people watch other experience painful events. The study reports neural responses predict whether people will be inclined to avoid causing harm to others when faced with moral dilemmas.... Read More...

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Neuroscience

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

Neurology

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

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A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Psychology

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

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ethics

Sugar’s Sick Secrets: How Industry Forces Have Manipulated Science to Downplay the Harm

Using Electrical Brain Stimulation to Foster Creativity

Confronting ‘Yucky’ Attitudes About Genetically Engineered Foods

Can Your Brain Testify Against You?

From Healthcare to Warfare: How to Regulate Brain Technology

Mirror Neuron Activity Predicts People’s Decision Making in Moral Dilemmas