PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Decreased Segregation of Brain Systems Across the Healthy Adult Lifespan, PNAS Upcoming Event: International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting Washington, D.C. November 13-14, 2014 In The Popular Press: Gut–Brain Link Grabs Neuroscientists, Nature News Do Rats Have Free Will?, Discover Human Brainwaves Light Up Mouse Genes, Nature News More Etymological Maps of the Brain, Discover Brain's Taste Secrets Uncovered, BBC News NIDA Researchers Confirm Important Brain Reward Pathway, National Institutes of Health How Bionic Technology Will Change What It Means To Be Human, Vox Neural Prosthetics, Behavior Control and Criminal Responsibility, The Neuroethics Blog Telepathy is Now Possible Using Current Technology, Vox Fearing Bombs That Can Pick Whom to Kill, New York Times Whether Green With Envy Or Tickled Pink, We Live In A Color-Coded World, NPR The Rise of All-Purpose Anti-Depressants, Scientific American Lab-Grown Neurons From Autistic Kids Could Lead to New Treatments, Wired Wirelessly Control Mice With the Power of Your Mind, Discover What’s Up With That: Why Are Smells So Difficult to Describe in Words?, Wired "Vaping" Brain May Hold Clues to Smoking Addiction, Scientific American How this Antipsychotic Became America’s Best-Selling Drug, Quartz The Virus That Could Be Making You Dumber, Discover Chimps Hit Sack With Breakfast Plans, Scientific American Speaking More Than One Language Could Sharpen Your Brain, TIME Sleep Learning with Smell Could Reduce Addiction, The Weizmann Wave Blog In the Academic Literature: Mind-Controlled Transgene Expression by a Wireless-Powered Optogenetic Designer Cell Implant, Nature Communications Genetic Influences on Brain Gene Expression in Rats Selected for Tameness and Aggression, Genetics Action Video Game Play Facilitates the Development of Better Perceptual Templates, PNAS                Human ESC-Derived Dopamine Neurons Show Similar Preclinical Efficacy and Potency to Fetal Neurons when Grafted in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease, Cell Stem Cell Attachment-Security Priming Attenuates Amygdala Activation to Social and Linguistic Threat, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Medial Entorhinal Cortex Lesions Only Partially Disrupt Hippocampal Place Cells and Hippocampus-Dependent Place Memory, Cell Reports The Processing of Actions and Action-Words in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients, Cortex Long-Term Effects of Marijuana Use on the Brain, PNAS

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