PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

The brain starts to eat itself after chronic sleep deprivation, New Scientist   My déjà vu is so extreme I can’t tell what’s real any more, Mosaic Science Electric Brain Stimulation Offers Binge-Eating Clue, Scientific American How Data Mining Facebook Messages Can Reveal Substance Abusers, MIT Technology Review How our brains integrate online reviews into our own product preferences, Science Daily The Earliest Signs of Brain Damage in Athletes? Listen for Them, The New York Times Older Kids Are More Likely to Confess to Bad Deeds, Scientific American Take a look, and you'll see, into your imagination, Science Daily General-Purpose Brain-Computer Interface Brings Thought Control to Any PC, MIT Technology Review Gender Bias in the Sciences: A Neuroethical Priority, The Neuroethics Blog  Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry, Scientific American How Have I Lived My Whole Life Without an Extra Pair of Robot Arms? Gizmodo 'Like Brain Boot Camp': Using Music To Ease Hearing Loss, NPR: Shots Brain switch in voles makes them fall in love at first sight, New Scientist    Neuroplasticity in learning to read, Science Rapid binge-like eating and body weight gain driven by zona incerta GABA neuron activation, Science Child gender influences paternal behavior, language, and brain function, Behavioral Neuroscience Contralesional Brain–Computer Interface Control of a Powered Exoskeleton for Motor Recovery in Chronic Stroke Survivors, Stroke Detectable Neuropsychological Differences in Early Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis, Neuropsychology Review

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