FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 28, 2017·4 min readA 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, 2016·2 min readBiotech 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, 2015·8 min readA 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, 2015·3 min readUsing 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, 2014·3 min readDoctors 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, 2014·9 min readThe 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, 2014·5 min readMore Study Needed on Interrogation Techniques That Measure Brain WavesResearchers caution on the use of Brain Fingerprinting for criminal investigation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethics·March 26, 2014·6 min readSignificant Progress Toward Creating “Benchtop Human” ReportedResearchers move a step closer to creating a bench-top human which could eventually replace animal testing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethics·November 7, 2013·3 min readResearcher Seeks to Help Those Who Can’t Speak for ThemselvesNon-communicative individuals, such as those in comas or vegetative states, may be able to express themselves better than is widely thought, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeurology·July 16, 2013·5 min readPotential Neurological Treatments Often Advance to Clinical Trials on Shaky EvidenceA new study claims clinical trials for neurological diseases often fail because the animal studies which preceded them were poorly designed or biased in their interpretation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeurology·August 20, 2012·3 min readDeep Brain Stimulation to Treat Obesity?Electrical brain stimulation targeting the “dysregulated reward circuitry” could make deep brain stimulation a new option for the difficult-to-treat problem of obesity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 6, 2012·2 min readPupil Dilation Reveals Sexual OrientationResearchers used a specialized infrared lens to measure pupillary changes to participants watching erotic videos. Pupils widened most to videos of people who participants found attractive, thereby revealing where they were on the sexual spectrum from heterosexual to homosexual.Read More
