PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Woman of 24 Found to Have No Cerebellum in Her Brain, NewScientist In The Popular Press: Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium? New York Times   Hitchcock Thriller Reveals Busy Mind in 'Vegetative' Man, Nature News Mice Become Smarter With Addition of Single Human Gene, Discover D-Brief Blog Some Things You Can Do In Your Sleep, Literally, NPR Shots Blog Secrets of the Strong-Minded, Mosaic Key Brain Connection Slow To Develop In Kids With ADHD, NPR Shots Blog Proteins from Pond Scum Revolutionize Neuroscience, SCOPE Ethical Trap: Robot Paralyzed by Choice of Who to Save, NewScientist Do Dogs Fall for Magic Tricks? Scientific American A Blood Test for Depression? Science Says It’s Possible, TIME You Won't Remember This Post, Vox Brains Can Power Up to Get Around Alzheimer's Plaques, NewScientist In the Academic Literature:    Morality in Everyday Life, Science Neural Substrate of Approach-Avoidance Conflict Decision-Making, Human Brain Mapping Acute Neuroinflammation Impairs Context Discrimination Memory and Disrupts Pattern Separation Processes in Hippocampus, Journal of Neuroscience Inducing Task-Relevant Responses to Speech in the Sleeping Brain, Current Biology A common neural code for similar conscious experiences in different individuals, PNAS

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