PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges, New York Times In The Popular Press: The Next Wave Of Smart Drugs, Gizmodo Despite advances, technology can't ID ‘criminal brain’, MSNBC Pacemaker Zaps Stomach Internally to Prevent Overindulging, Gizmodo Monkey in the Mirror—Could rhesus macaques be self-aware?, Scientific American Blackpool: England's antidepressant capital, Guardian Cooperating elephants win food prize, The Great Beyond Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer, New York Times Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy, New York Times The cognitive economy of emotions, Neuroethics at the Core A New Tool for Creative Thinking: Mind-Body Dissonance, Scientific American Complete circuit map of mammal brain chunk revealed, New Scientist Sleep Quality May Be Tied to Covert Brain Wave, Wired Science A Deep Dive to Retrieve and Fortify Memories, New York Times Genetic Makeup and Duration of Abuse Reduce the Brain's Neurons in Drug Addiction, Science Daily Scientists Discover Anti-Anxiety Circuit in Brain Region Considered the Seat of Fear, Science Daily A pill to remember, Scientific American From the Academic Literature: Neuroscience: Towards functional connectomics, Nature Self-related neural response to tailored smoking-cessation messages predicts quitting, Nature Neuroscience Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis: A Possible Way How Physical Exercise Counteracts Stress, Cell Transplanation Spatial steering of deep brain stimulation volumes using a novel lead design, Clinical Neurophysiology When good evidence goes bad: The weak evidence effect in judgment and decision-making, Cognition Troubling Consequences of Online Political Rumoring, Human Communication Research Cerebellar brain volume accounts for variance in cognitive performance in older adults, Cortex The Omission Strategy, Psychological Science Cleansing the Soul by Hurting the Flesh—The Guilt-Reducing Effect of Pain, Psychological Science Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in primary cervical dystonia, Neurology

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