Neuroethics
News and analysis on the implications of brain science
Neuroethics
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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: Sarah R. Zinn, for Obesity, Cognition, and Society: Ethical Warnings from the Sordid History of Eugenics and Scientific Racism
Essay for a General Audience: Eddie Jacobs, for God, Politics, and Death: How a New Medicine Raises Age-Old Questions [essay to be posted soon]
High School Essay: Cherie Fernandes, for Redefining Justice: Updating Criminal Law to Reflect a New Understanding of the Mind
Congratulations!
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How Do You Measure Moral Wounds of War?
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Philip Boffey Neuroethics ColumnJumping the Gun
While the mobilization of the world’s scientific community to understand Covid-19 is unprecedented in history, keep in mind that more than 4,000 papers—known as preprints—have yet to be peer-reviewed.
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Philip Boffey Neuroethics ColumnTroubling Regulatory Standards
Our neuroethics columnist addresses a concerning new trend of reporting brain research results through the popular media rather than in peer reviewed journals.
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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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Wearable Brain Devices: Buyer Beware
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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.