PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): 5 Myths About the Human Brain Debunked, Vox In The Popular Press: How Scientists are Studying Consciousness — With Mirrors, Electrodes, and Anesthesia, Vox Let Science Decide the Voting Age, NewScientist In Interrogations, Teenagers Are Too Young to Know Better, New York Times Well Blog The Pain Test, Vox Emodiversity: A Mix of Emotions Is Healthiest?, Discover Breakthrough Replicates Human Brain Cells for Use in Alzheimer’s Research, New York Times 'Love Hormone' Controls Sexual Behaviour in Mice, BBC News Are We Really Conscious?, New York Times Smell Turns Up in Unexpected Places, New York Times In the Academic Literature: Q&A: Robots and the Law, Science Cortical Representations Are Reinstated by the Hippocampus During Memory Retrieval, Neuron Activity-Dependent Feedback Regulates Correlated Ion Channel mRNA Levels in Single Identified Motor Neurons, Current Biology Fiction Feelings in Harry Potter: Haemodynamic Response in the Mid-Cingulate Cortex Correlates with Immersive Reading Experience, NeuroReport Priority Maps Explain the Roles of Value, Attention, and Salience in Goal-Oriented Behavior, The Journal of Neuroscience

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