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

From PEBS:

June 11, 2009

Last Edition's Most Popular Article ·         Electrodes spark neuron growth Nature online May 29 2009 In the Academic Literature: Deep Brain Stimulation, Neuroethics, and the Minimally Conscious State: Moving Beyond Proof of Principle Archives of Neurology 2009:66(6):697-702 Cognitive Functions in a Patient With Parkinson-Dementia Syndrome Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation Archives of Neurology 2009:66(6):781-785 Neurocognitive processes of the religious leader in Christians Human Brain Mapping June 8 2009 Deep Brain Stimulation for Pediatric Movement Disorders Seminars in Pediatric Neurology 2009:16(2):90-98 Two types of dopamine neuron distinctly convey positive and negative motivational signals Nature 2009:459:837-841 Neural correlates of depth of strategic reasoning in medial prefrontal cortex PNAS 2009:106(23):9163-9168 Are Disorders Sufficient for Reduced Responsibility? Neuroethics Advance Online Publication In the Popular Press: Donor organ ‘personality’ worry BBC News June 5 2009   Why your brain just can’t remember that word New Scientist June 8 2009 Neuroscience Goes to War Science Progress June 5 2009 Speeding up brain networks might boost IQ New Scientist June 9 2009 Predictive Powers: A Robot That Reads Your intention? Science Daily June 10 2009   The Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS) is a collaborative effort of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Johns Hopkins Brain Sciences Institute. The 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. With the PEBS Neuroethics News Roundup, we will present a weekly survey of the most pertinent and thought-provoking new articles from both peer-reviewed academic journals and the popular press.  Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics | 201 North Charles, Suite 1701  Baltimore, MD 21201 | Office: 410-625-7871  Archived editions of PEBS Neuroethics News Round Up www.bioethicsinstitute.org/neuroethics