PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Sorry, Strivers: Talent Matters, New York Times In The Popular Press: Exploiting neuroscience lessons to shape policy, BBC News Conservative Moral Judgments and “Dark Triad” Personality Traits?, Science Progress Turn on, tune in and get better?, Los Angeles Times Why Anders Behring Breivik is Probably both Criminally Insane and Legally Accountable, Philosophical Comment Scientist ID 'Morning Person' Gene, ABC News Finding Purpose After Living With Delusion, New York Times Poop-Throwing Chimps Provide Hints of Human Origins, Wired Science  Babies Embrace Punishment Earlier Than Previously Thought, Study Suggests, Science Daily Gray Matter in Brain's Control Center Linked to Ability to Process Reward; Structure-Function Impairments Observed in People Addicted to Cocaine, Science Daily Liberals vs. conservatives, smart vs. dull, Discover Magazine ' Mind-Body Mindblower: Posture Affects Estimates, Scientific American  Digital Narcotics May Be the Future of Drugs, Wired Science  How Exercise Benefits the Brain, The New York Times Well Blog The Psychology of Nakedness, Wired Frontal Cortex Fourth Annual Neuroscience Boot Camp, Neuroethics & Law Blog The Taste of Immorality in the Brain, Brain Blogger The Certainty of Memory Has Its Day in Court, New York Times Testing Program Fails Soldiers, Leaving Brain Injuries Undetected, Pro Publica  Neuron transplant in damaged brain fixes obesity, New Scientist   Brain Imaging, Behavior Research Reveals Physicians Learn More by Paying Attention to Failure, Science Daily Amping Up Brain Function: Transcranial Stimulation Shows Promise in Speeding Up Learning, Scientific American Do MRIs Relieve Symptoms of Depression?, Scientific American From the Academic Literature: Transplanted Hypothalamic Neurons Restore Leptin Signaling and Ameliorate Obesity in db/db Mice, Science Brain enlargement is associated with regression in preschool-age boys with autism spectrum disorders, PNAS Evolution: Big brains explained, Nature Computer model spots image fraud, Nature  REM Sleep Depotentiates Amygdala Activity to Previous Emotional Experiences, Current Biology Neural Correlates of Effective Learning in Experienced Medical Decision-Makers, PLoSONE Syntactic Processing Depends on Dorsal Language Tracts, Neuron Sex on the Brain?: An Examination of Frequency of Sexual Cognitions as a Function of Gender, Erotophilia, and Social Desirability, Journal of Sex Research Writer's cramp: Increased dorsal premotor activity during intended writing, Human Brain Mapping

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