FeaturedNeuroethicsNeurosciencePsychology·August 5, 2017If 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
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 3, 2017Could 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. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosRobotics·June 30, 2017Who 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
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·May 16, 2017Current ‘Moral Enhancement’ Technologies Are Neither Feasible Nor WiseA new study assesses existing research into 'moral enhancement' technologies and reports that current methods are neither wise nor feasible. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 28, 2017A Need for Neurolaw? Human Rights Laws May Need Revision in Neurotech FutureResearchers propose four new human rights laws that could help protect against exploitation and privacy loss in the age of neurotechnology. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Business·May 6, 2016Biotech Companies Given Green Light to Attempt to Regenerate Brains of the DeadCORDIS reports two US based biotech companies have been granted ethical permission to attempt to regenerate the brains of people declared clinically dead from TBI. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 18, 2015A Stimulus Plan?New research looks at the growing interest in brain stimulation devices, and reports regulating them may prove to be tricky. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·June 3, 2015Using Brainwaves to Verify a Person’s IdentityThe way your brain responds to certain words could be used to replace your passwords and verify your identity, a new study reports. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·July 9, 2014Doctors Have Ethical Obligation to Educate, Protect Athletes from ConcussionThe AAN states doctors have an ethical obligation to educate and protect athletes from sports concussions. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience Opinions·May 30, 2014The Race to the Top: The Use of ‘Smart Drugs’ to Excel in Academia and in the Professional WorldZaheera Shabbir presents her opinion about the use of nootropics as smart drugs to enhance cognitive abilities. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·April 30, 2014More Study Needed on Interrogation Techniques That Measure Brain WavesResearchers caution on the use of Brain Fingerprinting for criminal investigation. Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsRobotics·March 26, 2014Significant Progress Toward Creating “Benchtop Human” ReportedResearchers move a step closer to creating a bench-top human which could eventually replace animal testing. Read More
