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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.

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·November 13, 2017·3 min read

Experts Call for Ethics Rules to Protect Privacy and Free Will As Brain Implants Advance

Researchers call for regulations and ethical guidelines to help protect personal privacy and autonomy for those who use neurotechnologies.

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·August 5, 2017·4 min read

If 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.

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·July 18, 2017·4 min read

Empowering Robots for Ethical Behavior

A 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.

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·June 30, 2017·4 min read

Who 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.

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·May 16, 2017·4 min read

Current ‘Moral Enhancement’ Technologies Are Neither Feasible Nor Wise

A new study assesses existing research into 'moral enhancement' technologies and reports that current methods are neither wise nor feasible.

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·May 4, 2017·3 min read

Study on Microplastic Particles to Be Retracted

A study into the consumption of microplastics by larval fish has been retracted from the journal Science following reports of misconduct in the research.

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·April 28, 2017·4 min read

A Need for Neurolaw? Human Rights Laws May Need Revision in Neurotech Future

Researchers propose four new human rights laws that could help protect against exploitation and privacy loss in the age of neurotechnology.

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·March 4, 2017·5 min read

Stem Cells Derived Neural Networks Grown On Chip As An Alternative to Animal Testing

A new method of growing neural networks from stem cells is capable of detecting the activity of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins and could help to minimize animal research.

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·March 2, 2017·4 min read

Ketamine Eases Severe Depression, But Questions of Dosage and Duration Remain

A new study reports research into the term of use of ketamine to treat depression is limited.

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·October 11, 2016·3 min read

People Switch Morality in the Heat of the Moment

A new study reports virtual reality may help show how a person would react to a specific situation, despite what they report they would do on paper.

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·May 6, 2016·2 min read

Biotech Companies Given Green Light to Attempt to Regenerate Brains of the Dead

CORDIS reports two US based biotech companies have been granted ethical permission to attempt to regenerate the brains of people declared clinically dead from TBI.