Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Electrical brain stimulation improves math skills, New Scientist In The Popular Press: Born to laugh, we learn to cry, New Scientist Daydreaming Is a Downer, Science Now How Reading Rewires the Brain, Science Now When it comes to traumatic flashbacks, Tetris blocks, New Scientist Video: Nurse Robot Gives Human A Sponge Bath, With Just the Right Amount of Force, POPSCI Video: Geminoid F Makes Her Theatrical Debut On The Japanese Stage, POPSCI Autism mimicked by cells in a dish, MSNBC Patterns of Nonverbal Emotional Communication Between Infants and Mothers to Help Scientists Develop a Baby Robot That Learns, Science Daily The Unhealthy Ego: What Can Neuroscience Tell Us About Our 'Self'?, Science Daily Study of Babies’ Brain Scans Sheds New Light on the Brain’s Unconscious Activity and How It Develops, Science Daily MRI brain imaging pinpoints deception, BBC News Scenes of thought: The brain in pictures. New Scientist From the Academic Literature: Encoding of conditioned fear in central amygdala inhibitory circuits, Nature Cognitive Illusions of Authorship Reveal Hierarchical Error Detection in Skilled Typists, Science The Art of Anger: Reward Context Turns Avoidance Responses to Anger-Related Objects Into Approach, Psychological Science Spectral quality of light modulates emotional brain responses in humans, PNAS Emergence of resting state networks in the preterm human brain, PNAS Topographic maps of multisensory attention, PNAS Altered expression of circadian rhythm genes among individuals with a history of depression, Affective Disorders Bihemispheric brain stimulation facilitates motor recovery in chronic stroke patients, Neurology Beneficial effects of docosahexaenoic acid on cognition in age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s & Dementia

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