PEBS Neuroethics News Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Wild Chimps, Stick Dolls: What's At Play Here? NPR In The Popular Press: Near-death neurologist: Dreams on the border of life, Culure Lab Could It Be? Spooky Experiments That 'See' The Future, NPR Searching for the Source of a Fountain of Courage. The New York Times Capuchin monkeys choose the best tools to crack nuts, BBC News Clever Crows Use Tools in New Way, Wired Science Salvia Ingredient Studied As Medical Treatment, NPR Giving Alzheimer’s Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate, The New York Times Sealed with a kiss - and neuroscience, The Washington Post A Surgically Implanted Camera And More At New Arab Art Museum, NPR Major Advance in MRI Allows Much Faster Brain Scans, Science Daily Our Brains Are Shrinking. Are We Getting Dumber?, NPR Journal’s Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage, The New York Times More Friends on Facebook Does NOT Equal a Larger Amygdala, The Neurocritic Can You Be Addicted to Foods?, New York Times Well Blog Junk-Food-Valuing Brain Cells Pinpointed, Wired Science From the Academic Literature: Task-related default mode network modulation and inhibitory control in ADHD: effects of motivation and methylphenidate, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Amygdala volume and social network size in humans, Nature Neuroscience Ubiquitination Inhibits Neuronal Exit, Science Reversing EphB2 depletion rescues cognitive functions in Alzheimer model, Nature A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning, Nature Reimagining Alzheimer's Disease—An Age-Based Hypothesis, The Journal of Neuroscience Neurosurgeons' perspectives on psychosurgery and neuroenhancement: a qualitative study at one center, Journal of Neuroscience Alzheimer's disease peptide β-amyloid interacts with fibrinogen and induces its oligomerization, PNAS

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