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Neuroethics articles can cover the ethics of research related to neuroscience, brain research involving ethical choices, fMRI studies, controversial research and other topics to debate.

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Neuroscience NewsMay 22, 2019

Study established four general categories of claims made by companies for their consumer-based wearable brain devices. Researchers suggest better ways manufacturers could communicate both the positive and negative outcomes of using their products in a more ethical way.... Read More...

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When robots commit wrongdoing, people may incorrectly assign the blame

Neuroscience NewsApril 5, 2019

As robots become more autonomous, people will regard them as more responsible for accidental wrongdoing.... Read More...

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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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How People Judge Good From Bad

Neuroscience NewsOctober 4, 2018

Researchers shed light on how people decide whether certain behaviors are moral or immoral.... 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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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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Study Tackles Neuroscience Claims to Have Disproved “Free Will”

Neuroscience NewsMarch 12, 2018

A new qualitative review calls into question previous findings about the neuroscience of free will.... 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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Experts Call for Ethics Rules to Protect Privacy and Free Will As Brain Implants Advance

Neuroscience NewsNovember 13, 2017

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

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If a Brain Can Be Caught Lying, Should We Admit That Evidence to Court?

Neuroscience NewsAugust 5, 2017

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...

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Pilot study opens new possibilities for AI to enhance cognitive performance

Neuroscience

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Exposure to air pollution before and after birth may affect fundamental cognitive abilities

Pilot study opens new possibilities for AI to enhance cognitive performance

Neurology

Nerve stimulation could provide new treatment option for most common type of stroke

New neurons form in the brain into tenth decade of life, even in people with Alzheimer’s

AI

Pilot study opens new possibilities for AI to enhance cognitive performance

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Robotics

Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Psychology

From the overuse of antibiotics to anti-vaxxers, why we need to work together to create a stronger culture of public health

Short-term use of opioids increases subjective pleasure

Neuroethics

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

When robots commit wrongdoing, people may incorrectly assign the blame

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

Using Electrical Brain Stimulation to Foster Creativity

Study Tackles Neuroscience Claims to Have Disproved “Free Will”

Can Your Brain Testify Against You?

From Healthcare to Warfare: How to Regulate Brain Technology

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

If a Brain Can Be Caught Lying, Should We Admit That Evidence to Court?