PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): This Harvard Study Can Predict When You’ll Make Bad Decisions, Medium In The Popular Press: The mind readers, Mosaic Science  Brain Control in a Flash of Light, New York Times  Why People's Beliefs about Free Will Matter: Introducing the Free Will Inventory, The Neuroethics Blog Cyborg glasses save users the need to control emotions, BBC News Why Are We Spiteful, Even Though It Bites Us Back?, National Public Radio Shots Blog What Can A Rat's "Behavioral Despair" Tell You?, io9 Monkey mathematicians hint at brain's number perception, New Scientist  Why all babies love peekaboo, Mind Hacks The Mystery of “Quantum Resonance Spectroscopy”, Neuroskeptic Seeing Less Helps The Brain Hear More, Wisconsin Public Radio Novel compound halts cocaine addiction, relapse behaviors, Science Daily  If you're sad, don't force yourself to smile; it may make things worse, Vox Genetic Tricks Could Make Bionic Ears Hear Better, Wired Science  How to Mold a Brain, Gizmodo Preventing AI from developing anti-social and potentially harmful behaviour, PhysOrg From the Academic Literature: Optogenetic-Mediated Release of Histamine Reveals Distal and Autoregulatory Mechanisms for Controlling Arousal, The Journal of Neuroscience  Pain Reduces Sexual Motivation in Female But Not Male Mice, Journal of Neuroscience REDD1 is essential for stress-induced synaptic loss and depressive behavior, Nature Medicine Whole-Brain Imaging with Single-Cell Resolution Using Chemical Cocktails and Computational Analysis, Cell Facial color processing in the face-selective regions: An fMRI study, Human Brain Mapping Cortisol administration increases hippocampal activation to infant crying in males depending on childhood neglect, Human Brain Mapping Neural substrates underlying fear-evoked freezing: the periaqueductal grey–cerebellar link, Journal of Physiology  The evolution of self-control, PNAS Language Universals Engage Broca's Area, PLoS One Emotion, Proof and Prejudice: The Cognitive Science of Gruesome Photos and Victim Impact Statements, Arizona State Law Journal

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