PEBS News Roundup from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics: Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences

The Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS) is a collaborative neuroethics effort of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Johns Hopkins Brain Sciences Institute. The primary goal of PEBS is to ensure that research in brain science proceeds with an informed understanding of ethical issues, and that philosophical and empirical analyses of the advances in brain research proceeds with an informed understanding of the science. The PEBS News Roundup is a bi-weekly collection of links to new neuroethics stories and papers.

In the Academic Literature:  Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy Nature, December 7 2008 The Neural Correlates of Third-Party Punishment Neuron, 2008:60(5):930-940 How Well Are We Moving Toward a Most Productive Science of Consciousness? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2008:15(12):75-98 Human Volition: towards a neuroscience of will Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008:9:12 Brain implant allows mute man to speak Nature, November 21 2008 A Brain Circuit for Bungee Jumping? Science, November 24 2008  Brain Quirk Makes Eyewitnesses Less Reliable New Scientist, December 5 2008 Neurosurgical treatment of mood disorders: traditional psychosurgery and the advent of deep brain stimulation.  Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2009:22:1 Neuroscience: Along memory lane Nature, 2008:456:590-591 Stimulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading (Book Review) Mind, 2008:117(468): 1076 Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power Mind 2008:117(468):1127 Public opinion and the ethics of primate brain research Nature, 2008:456:443  In the Popular Press:  Standing in Someone Else’s Shoes, Almost for Real The New York Times, December 1 2008 In a Host of Ailments, Seeing a Brain Out of Rhythm The New York Times, December 1 2008 Feeling lonely? Genes might be at fault CNN, December 10 2008 How The Brain Thinks About Crime And Punishment Science Daily, December 11 2008 For any PEBS related questions: Contact Program Coordinator, Alan Regenberg | alanr@jhu.edu Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics | 201North Charles, 17th Floor | Baltimore, MD 21201

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[Emily Murphy]

Helpful roundup - thanks for posting!