PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

It’s not my fault, my brain implant made me do it, The Conversation   Could artificial intelligence get depressed and have hallucinations?, Science Magazine Europe divided over robot 'personhood', Politico Being a neuroscientist: A conversation with veteran Stanford brain researcher Rob Malenka, Stanford SCOPE Scientists have an intriguing new theory about our eyebrows and foreheads, Vox News Bad Science of the Havana Embassy “Sonic Attack”, Discovery Magazine Global Neuroethics and Cultural Diversity: Some Challenges to Consider, Neuroethics Blog Why Scientists Are Battling Over Pleasure, New York Times Brain’s “Brakes” Suppress Unwanted Thoughts, Scientific American Overeating? It may be a brain glitch, The Conversation What We Know And Don’t Know About Memory Loss After Surgery, Kaiser Health News Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells, NIH Total Recall: The Latest Tools for Understanding How Memory Works, Scientific American   An Optical Neuron-Astrocyte Proximity Assay at Synaptic Distance Scales, Neuron Proprioceptive and cutaneous sensations in humans elicited by intracortical microstimulation, eLIFE   Large-scale replication study reveals a limit on probabilistic prediction in language comprehension, eLIFE Aspm knockout ferret reveals an evolutionary mechanism governing cerebral cortical size, Nature Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks, Nature Pretreatment Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Theta Activity in Relation to Symptom Improvement in Depression, JAMA

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