A new ethical framework proposes researchers should already assume brain organoids already have consciousness, rather than waiting for research to confirm they do.
With so much of our lives shared online, researchers question what will happen to our social media information after we die.
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.
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··3 min readAs robots become more autonomous, people will regard them as more responsible for accidental wrongdoing.
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.
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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··5 min readResearchers shed light on how people decide whether certain behaviors are moral or immoral.
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.
Researchers report truth is key to normal human interactions and consider how society might be losing its sense of shared reality.
A new qualitative review calls into question previous findings about the neuroscience of free will.
Researchers question the ethical implications of using neuroscience techniques for legal cases.
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.
