PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): The Scientifically Best Time to Drink Coffee, in One Simple Graphic, Gizmodo In The Popular Press: The Philosophy of ‘Her’, New York Times Opinionator Pages  Can a Computer Fall in Love if It Doesn’t Have a Body?, Wired Science  Ear bath helps explain rare urge to cut off own limb, New Scientist  Lumosity: a "personal trainer for your brain"?, The Neuroethics Blog A Beautiful Map of How Mouse Brains Are Wired, Wired Science  Why Hospitals Are Failing Civilians Who Get PTSD, ProPublica Insomniacs' brains may work differently, Fox Dallas-Forth Worth LSD, Reconsidered for Therapy, New York Times Alzheimer's in a dish, Harvard Gazette Baby Brain Scans Predict Later Cognitive Development, Discover Magazine How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help, New York Times Well Blog Rise of the human exoskeletons, BBC News Technology  'Magic' Overdose Drug Works, But Demand And Price On The Rise, National Public Radio Shots Blog With Death Penalty, How Should States Define Mental Disability?, National Public Radio Announcing Online Book Symposium: Minds, Brains, and Law, Neuroethics & Law Blog Big Data Meets Brain Science: The Next Frontier, Brain Matters! Vancouver The 100 most followed psychologists and neuroscientists on Twitter, Research Digest New evidence confirms link between IQ, brain cortex, Science Daily New study reveals evolution at work: Analyses elucidate a part of the brain particular to primates, Science Daily  The Perils of Toughing It Out, New York Times Well Blog From the Academic Literature: Can Down Syndrome Be Treated?, Science  The Neural Code That Makes Us Human, Science  Noise in Neural Populations Accounts for Errors in Working Memory, The Journal of Neuroscience  Sensory-Driven Enhancement of Calcium Signals in Individual Purkinje Cell Dendrites of Awake Mice, Cell Reports Increased L1 Retrotransposition in the Neuronal Genome in Schizophrenia, Neuron Sensory–motor transformations for speech occur bilaterally, Nature Letter A dedicated circuit links direction-selective retinal ganglion cells to the primary visual cortex, Nature Letter Neuromodulation for treatment-refractory major depressive disorder, CMAJ Thinking Ahead on Deep Brain Stimulation: An Analysis of the Ethical Implications of a Developing Technology, AJOB Neuroscience  Snapshot: Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis, Cell

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