PEBS Neuroethics New Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Near-death neurologist: Dreams on the border of life, Culture Lab In The Popular Press: In His Own Image-Dr. Antonio Damasio, The New York Times Can You Build a Better Brain?, Newsweek Love Music? Thank a Substance in Your Brain, Study Says, The New York Times Why Loneliness is hazardous to your health, Science   I’m Dangerous With Love Hearts Hallucinogenic Ibogaine, Underwire Neuroscience: Thought experiment, Nature News   In Women’s Tears, a Chemical That Says, ‘Not Tonight, Dear’, The New York Times Penn Neuroscience Boot Camp, Center for Neuroscience and Society Mind gym: Putting meditation to the test, New Scientist Me, myself and MRI, Wellcome Trust Blog Would a placebo work for you?, New Scientist Researchers Identify 'Facebook Neurons': Population of Highly Active Neurons Could Provide Insight Into the Neocortex, Science Daily Mice Kept on Unnatural Schedule Go Haywire, Wired Science   From the Academic Literature: Implications and consequences of robots with biological brains, Ethics and Information Technology Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music, Nature Neuroscience Ethics of neural enhancement using noninvasive brain stimulation, Neurology First do no harm: Simple tools to diagnose mental illness should not be offered without sound supporting evidence, Nature Knowing and feeling-Owen Flanagan is unconvinced by Antonio Damasio’s argument that ‘the self’ is needed to explain consciousness, Nature Mind your head-Josie Glausiusz enjoys a thought-provoking exhibition, Nature Tough and Tender: Embodied Categorization of Gender, Psychological Science Effect of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone, a Small-Molecule TrkB Agonist, on Emotional Learning, American Journal of Psychiatry Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation Affects Theory of Mind Network: A PET Study in Parkinson's Disease, PLoSONE Spatiotemporal Neural Dynamics of Word Understanding in 12- to 18-Month-Old-Infants, Cerebral Cortex Subthalamic nucleus stimulation influences expression and suppression of impulsive behaviour in Parkinson’s disease, Brain Modification of emotional states by bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in a patient with Parkinson's disease, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Human tears contain a chemosignal, Science

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