PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Modulating inhibitory control with direct current stimulation of the superior medial frontal cortex, NeuroImage In The Popular Press: Honeybees Might Have Emotions, Wired Science In Tiny Worm, Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain, New York Times Memory Implant Gives Rats Sharper Recollection, New York Times Parkinson’s artificial brain bank, BBC News Electronic hippocampal system turns long-term memory on and off, enhances cognition, Kurzweil Blog We are all inattentive superheroes, Oscillatory Thoughts Excessive Gaming Might Actually Rewire Your Brain, Gizmodo Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look, New York Times The neurodevelopment of morality (Bruni), Neuroethics & Law Blog Imagination Can Influence Perception, Science Daily Can Brain Scans Diagnose Autism?, Discover Blogs 80 Beats Noninvasive Brain Implant Could Someday Translate Thoughts Into Movement, Science Daily Whining May Be World’s Most Annoying Sound, Wired Science Brain Implant Restores Memories in Rats by Recording & Playing Them Back, Discover Blogs 80 beats   Video: Controversial neurofeedback brain therapy may be the answer to PTSD, The Daily Parrots join apes and Aristotle in the club of reason, New Scientist City Life Could Change Your Brain for the Worse, Wired Science High Wired: Does Addictive Internet Use Restructure the Brain?, Scientific American From the Academic Literature: Role of Cerebellar Cortical Protein Synthesis in Transfer of Memory Trace of Cerebellum-Dependent Motor Learning, Journal of Neuroscience Functional Correlates of the Anterolateral Processing Hierarchy in Human Auditory Cortex, The Journal of Neuroscience Memory: The foundations of accurate recall, Nature Reviews Neuroscience Cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms of alcohol-related aggression, Nature Reviews Neuroscience Emotion and the brain: multiple roads are better than one, Nature Reviews Neuroscience “Let My Fingers Do the Talking”: Sexting and Infidelity in Cyberspace, Sexuality & Culture NMDA receptor blockade at rest triggers rapid behavioural antidepressant responses, Nature City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans, Nature Medial temporal contributions to successful face-name learning, Human Brain Mapping Neural substrates of cognitive capacity limitations, PNAS The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation, PNAS Fertility and Intergroup Bias in Racial and Minimal-Group Contexts, Psychological Science

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