PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Atheism as mental deviance, Discover Magazine In The Popular Press: Brainwave Delay Makes Rats Feel Teleported, Wired Science Dyslexia Isn't a Matter of IQ, fMRIs Show, Science Daily Tool-Using Fish Caught on Tape, Scientific American How Exercise Can Strengthen the Brain, New York Times Well Blog Unlike Humans, Chimpanzees Don’t Enjoy Collaborating, Wired Science Medical Mystery: What explained second-grader's sudden panic and obsessions?, Washington Post Eyes (and Minds) Deceive: Witness Unrealiability Casts Doubt on Death Penalty Rulings, Scientific American A brief history of the brain, New Scientist Pathways of Pain-Blocking Medications Modeled by Computer, Science Daily MIND in Pictures: Illuminating Thoughts, Scientific American The Hedonic Nose: Pleasure May Organize Your Sense of Smell, Scientific American People Learn While They Sleep, Study Suggests, Science Daily Miracle Berry's Sour-Sweet Mystery Cracked, Wired Science 'Game transfer phenomena' and the problem of perception, Guardian Brain needs serotonin to restrain aggression, New Scientist Scientists Can Now Extract, Record and Return Information to the Brain, Gizmodo  The Neuroscience of Beauty, Scientific American   From the Academic Literature: Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Atypical Antipsychotic Medications for Off-Label Uses in Adults, JAMA Intermittent synchronization in a network of bursting neurons, AIP Chaos Looking the Part: Social Status Cues Shape Race Perception, PLoSONE Processing Speed Mediates the Development of General Intelligence (g) in Adolescence, Psychological Science Medial prefrontal cortex as an action-outcome predictor, Nature Neuroscience

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