Neuroethics
News and analysis on the implications of brain science
Neuroethics
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INS Keynote Address: Martha Farah on the Impact of SES
Farah delivered a spirited defense of the fledgling field of neuroethics to a supportive audience on Friday, the final day of the 2019 annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society (INS), in Chicago.
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Psychedelic Treatment for Consciousness Disorders?
If the complexity of a brain’s connections is a good measure of consciousness, and if psychedelics increase connectivity, could they help people in unconscious states like coma?
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Neuroethics Essay Contest Winners
The contest, which aims to promote interest in neuroethics among students and postdocs early in their academic careers, awards three prizes:
Academic Essay: Khayla Black, for CNS Intervention in the Courtroom: An Ethical Evaluation of the Rehabilitative Potential of SSRIs
Essay for a General Audience: Sunidhi Ramesh, for Growing Brains: Warnings from a Cell Line that Became Immortal
High School Essy: Prithvi Nathan, for The Right to Neurotechnology: Exploring the Government’s Role on Societal Stratification in the Future of Human Enhancement
Congratulations!
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Philip Boffey Neuroethics ColumnGuns and the Mental Health Misnomer
While mass shootings continue to escalate, politics has led to the absence of solid, peer-reviewed research that will help identify individuals who might commit violent crimes.
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Wearable Brain Devices: Buyer Beware
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NewsRedefining Death
Can brain cells be revived after death? Conventional wisdom says cells die quickly when deprived of oxygen, but researchers recently sparked cellular activity in brains of pigs killed hours earlier, raising new questions about our definitions of death.
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Briefing PaperThe Abused Brain
What happens to the brain of a child who is abused, neglected, or otherwise maltreated?
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Bloggers on Neuroethics
International Neuroethics Society
More Resources
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The Human Brain ProjectEthics and Society
Ethics and Society is part of the Human Brain Project’s research core.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion
The Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) facilitates communication between scientific and religious communities.
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Oxford University
Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
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Emory UniversityCenter for Ethics
Informing responsible applications of neuroscience in research, the clinic, and society as well as engages and activates their community in neuroethics discourse.
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Johns Hopkins University
Berman Institute
Bioethics in scholarship, education, training, and service. Sends weekly “Neuroethics in the News” email.
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Vanderbilt UniversityThe MacArthur Foundation
The Research Network on Law and Neuroscience addresses a focused set of closely-related problems at the intersection of neuroscience and criminal justice.
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University of Pennsylvania
Center for Neuroscience & Society
Faculty and students whose work addresses the ethical, legal and social implications of neuroscience.
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University of British ColumbiaNeuroethics Canada
Interdisciplinary research group dedicated to tackling the ethical, legal, policy and social implications of frontier technological developments in the neurosciences
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Stanford University
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE)
Research, education, and outreach on ethical issues in medicine and healthcare
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University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids
Q&A format explains basic ethical questions in the sciences.