PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Why are scientists trying to map every single neuron in the brain?, Vox In The Popular Press: Antidepressant use in pregnancy linked to autism risk in boys: Study, CBS News A Patient's Bizarre Hallucination Points to How the Brain Identifies Places, Wired Science  Even A Very Weak Signal From The Brain Might Help Paraplegics, National Public Radio Shots Blog Male monkey cares for dying partner, BBC Brain Scans: Don’t Throw Out The Baby With The Dead Salmon, Neuroskeptic This Harvard Study Can Predict When You’ll Make Bad Decisions, Medium Circumstances of the life and brain, Mind Hacks No, the "love hormone" oxytocin won't stop your spouse from cheating, Vox We turn brainwaves into sound for music and medicine, New Scientist  We're over the hill at 24, study says, Science Daily New mouse model could revolutionize research in Alzheimer's disease, Science Daily From the Academic Literature: Over the Hill at 24: Persistent Age-Related Cognitive-Motor Decline in Reaction Times in an Ecologically Valid Video Game Task Begins in Early Adulthood, PLoS One Clinicians’ Attitudes toward Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: A Survey, Neuroethics Sex, Food and Threat: Startling Changes after Subthalamic Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease, Brain Stimulation

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