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·January 12, 2019·13 min read

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

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.

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·January 4, 2019·5 min read

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

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

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·October 18, 2018·4 min read

High Stakes Decision Making Causes More Cheating and Less Charity

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.

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·September 19, 2018·6 min read

Using Electrical Brain Stimulation to Foster Creativity

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.

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·September 18, 2018·4 min read

Confronting ‘Yucky’ Attitudes About Genetically Engineered Foods

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

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·September 17, 2018·3 min read

Are We Predisposed to Forgive?

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.

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·September 15, 2018·4 min read

Our Shared Reality is Fraying

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

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·June 29, 2018·5 min read

The Problem with Solving Problems

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

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·June 26, 2018·3 min read

Belief in Free Will Unrelated to Moral Behavior

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.

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 2, 2018·3 min read

Can Your Brain Testify Against You?

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

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·January 18, 2018·3 min read

From Healthcare to Warfare: How to Regulate Brain Technology

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.

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·January 5, 2018·5 min read

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

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.