PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article How do morals change? Nature 2010:464:490   In the Academic Literature: Damage to Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Impairs Judgment of Harmful Intent Neuron 2010:65(6):845-851 Disruption of the right temporoparietal junction with transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces the role of beliefs in moral judgments PNAS 2010:107(13) Reducing the desire for cocaine with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation PNAS 2010:107(13) Cognitive and default-mode resting state networks: Do male and female brains rest differently? Human Brain Mapping March 26 2010 What's in a name? Brain activity reveals categorization processes differ across languages Human Brain Mapping March 26 2010 Stimulation-Induced Dyskinesia in the Early Stage after Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2010:88(1) Incidental findings found in “healthy” volunteers during imaging performed for research: current legal and ethical implications The British Institute of Radiology March 24 2010 Methylphenidate facilitates learning-induced amygdala plasticity Nature Neuroscience 2010:13:475-481 Monitoring neural activity with bioluminescence during natural behavior Nature Neuroscience 2010:13:513-21 Synaptic correlates of fear extinction in the amygdala Nature Neuroscience 2010:13:489-49  Dopamine D2 receptors in addiction-like reward dysfunction and compulsive eating in obese rats Nature Neuroscience March 28 2010 In the Popular Press: Bloggingheads: Neurowar (Video) The New York Times  Next Big Thing in English: Knowing They Know That You Know The New York Times March 31 2010   Magnets ‘can modify our morality’ BBC News March 30 2010 Picking our brains: Nine neural frontiers New Scientist March 31 2010 A slow mind may nurture more creative ideas New Scientist March 30 2010 Which intelligence? Neuroethics at the Core Neuroscientists don't believe in souls--But that doesn't mean they can't sell theirs Scientific American March 24 2010 Playing 'Pong' With the Blink of an Eye Science Daily March 26 2010

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 proceed with an informed understanding of the science.