FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 2, 2018·3 min readCan Your Brain Testify Against You?Researchers question the ethical implications of using neuroscience techniques for legal cases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·January 18, 2018·3 min readFrom Healthcare to Warfare: How to Regulate Brain TechnologyUniversity 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
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 5, 2018·5 min readMirror Neuron Activity Predicts People’s Decision Making in Moral DilemmasUCLA 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
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·November 13, 2017·3 min readExperts Call for Ethics Rules to Protect Privacy and Free Will As Brain Implants AdvanceResearchers call for regulations and ethical guidelines to help protect personal privacy and autonomy for those who use neurotechnologies.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 22, 2017·6 min readHigh Moral Reasoning Associated With Increased Reward System ActivityUniversity of Pennsylvania researchers report people who report higher levels of moral reasoning show increased activity in brain areas associated with reward. The study may improve understanding as to why some people are more likely to engage in prosocial behaviors.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·August 6, 2017·3 min readStudy Examines Tolerance of Political Lies for Shared ViewsAccording to researchers, people tend to be more lenient towards politicians' lies when they believe a specific political stance is morally correct. Researchers suggest supporters perceive the lies to be a necessary means to achieve a higher moral end.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeurosciencePsychology·August 5, 2017·4 min readIf a Brain Can Be Caught Lying, Should We Admit That Evidence to Court?As technology is improving and becoming more accurate at deciphering whether a person is lying or telling the truth, researchers debate whether such technology should be used in legal cases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 18, 2017·4 min readEmpowering Robots for Ethical BehaviorA new Frontiers in Robotics and AI study outlines a concept called Empowerment that may allow robots to adhere to self preservation while serving and protecting humans.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 30, 2017·4 min readWho Is Responsible If a Brain-Controlled Robot Drops a Baby?As brain controlled robots and neuroprosthetics are rapidly growing in popularity, researchers impress the need to create guidelines to help insure safe and beneficial use of brain machine interactions.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 12, 2017·4 min readMind Changing Can Be RiskyLeaders who use moral arguments over pragmatic ones as a basis of their position, but later change their minds, may be judged more harshly, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 1, 2017·4 min readIll Gotten Gains Are Worth Less in the BrainAccording to a new study, the brain responds less to rewards gained from immoral acts than it does to ethically earned rewards.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 30, 2017·6 min readTests Can Help Quantify Automatic Empathy and Moral IntuitionsResearchers have developed new tests and math models to help quantify automatic moral and empathetic judgement.Read More
