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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.

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Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·June 3, 2015·3 min read

Using Brainwaves to Verify a Person’s Identity

The way your brain responds to certain words could be used to replace your passwords and verify your identity, a new study reports.

Electrophysiology Neuroethics

·June 4, 2012·2 min read

Neuroscientists Explore Innovative Way to Help People Who are Blind

When people close their eyes, they can form mental images of things that exist only in their minds. Neuroscientists studying...

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 3, 2017·4 min read

Could Hackers Use Your Brainwaves to Steal your Passwords?

As EEG headsets are growing in popularity with general consumers, researchers are advising better security and safety measures is needed after their study revealed how easy it could be for experienced hackers to break into the system software and monitory brain waves to extract personal information.

Featured Neuroethics Neurology Psychology

·February 2, 2012·2 min read

Patients’ Brains May Adapt to ADHD Medication

New research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, suggesting why...

Neuroethics Neuroscience Psychology

·December 8, 2011·4 min read

Helping Your Fellow Rat: Rodents Show Empathy-Driven Behavior

Rats free trapped companions, even when given choice of chocolate instead The first evidence of empathy-driven helping behavior in rodents...

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·September 19, 2023·4 min read

DishBrain: Bio-Computing’s Rise and Ethics in the Age of Living Machines

The revolutionary field of bio-computing is making waves as DishBrain, a neural system combining 800,000 living brain cells, learns to play Pong. Recognizing the pressing need for ethical guidelines in this emerging domain, the pioneers behind DishBrain have joined forces with bioethicists in a study.

This is an AI representation of a brain organoid in a petri dish.

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·May 9, 2023·5 min read

Tiny Human Brain Tissue Organoids Can’t Be Legally Considered “a Person”

Researchers proposed the need for a legal framework to guide the conversation on whether or not human brain organoids can be considered people. Brain organoids are grown from stem cells in a lab, mimicking the growth and structure of real brains.