PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Can Electrically Stimulating Your Brain Make You Too Happy?, The Atlantic   Scans Show Differences in Brains of Preschoolers With A.D.H.D., New York Times Should People Be Punished for Crimes They Can’t Remember Committing?, IAI News For Many Strokes, There’s an Effective Treatment. Why Aren’t Some Doctors Offering It?, New York Times Unsane: How Film's Portrayal of Mental Illness is (Slowly) Improving, The Guardian Neuroprosthetics for Speech and Challenges in Informed Consent, The Neuroethics Blog Mobile MEG: Will New Technology Change Neuroscience?, Discover Magazine Let’s Journey Through the Mind of a Dog, Discover Magazine What Does It Mean When We Call Addiction a Brain Disorder?, Scientific American The People Who Can Control Their Goose Bumps, The Atlantic There's a Biological Reason You're Bored at Work, Quartz Nanny Faces Tough Insanity Test: Did She Know Killing Was Wrong?, The New York Times Brainstorm: Detective Stories from the World of Neurology; Unthinkable: The World’s Strangest Brains – review, The Guardian Brain Activity Study Links Social Anxiety to a Preoccupation with Making Errors, PsyPost Visiting Scholars at the Penn Center for Neuroscience & Society, University of Pennsylvania   Monkey Business? Development, Influence, and Ethics of Potentially Dual-Use Brain Science on the World Stage, Neuroethics Altruistic Decisions Following Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury, Brain Conquering Alzheimer’s Disease by Self Treatment, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

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