"Introduction: Adolescent Medical Decision Making and the Law of the Horse"
Recently Posted to SSRN: "Introduction: Adolescent Medical Decision Making and the Law of the Horse" Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, Vol. 15, 2012, p. 1+ U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-4 AMANDA C. PUSTILNIK, University... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"Hardwired for Sexism? Approaches to Sex/Gender in Neuroscience"
Hardwired for Sexism? Approaches to Sex/Gender in Neuroscience by Rebecca Jordan-Young and Raffaella I. Rumiati has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract Evidence has long suggested that ‘hardwiring’ is a poor metaphor for brain development. But... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"The Sexed Brain: Between Science and Ideology"
The Sexed Brain: Between Science and Ideology by Catherine Vidal has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract Despite tremendous advances in neuroscience, the topic “brain, sex and gender” remains a matter of misleading interpretations, that go... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Chemical Castration as Punishment [by Katrina Sifferd]
In my last post I talked about the ethics of court-ordered administration of medication as a means to make a criminal offender competent for trial or punishment. This post will focus on court-ordered chemical castration as punishment. At least eight... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Katrina Sifferd Source Type: blogs
Penn Neuroscience Boot Camp 2013
Applications are now being accepted for the University's of Pennsylvania's fantastic "neuroscience boot camp." You can find general information here and application information here. If you're able to go, I encourage you to do so! Here's some information provided by... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
"Human Enhancement for the Common Good: Using New Technologies to Improve Eyewitness Memory"
Recently Posted to SSRN: "Human Enhancement for the Common Good: Using New Technologies to Improve Eyewitness Memory" AJOB Neuroscience, 2010, Vol. 1, N. 3, pp. 22-33 Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 14/2012 ANTON H. VEDDER, Tilburg Law School LAURA... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"Explaining, or Sustaining, the Status Quo? The Potentially Self-Fulfilling Effects of ‘Hardwired’ Accounts of Sex Differences"
Explaining, or Sustaining, the Status Quo? The Potentially Self-Fulfilling Effects of ‘Hardwired’ Accounts of Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract In this article I flesh out support for observations that... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Postdoctoral Fellowship at UBC's National Core for Neuroethics
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Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
Workshop on Neurointerventions and the Law
The University of Hamburg is hosting a workshop on Neurointerventions and the Law on March 7th. According to the organizers, "The aim of the workshop is to distill some of the genuine legal aspects from the neuroethical debates and to... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"Death and Offspring: Murder Effects on Fertility"
Recently Posted to SSRN: "Death and Offspring: Murder Effects on Fertility" ANDRES RAMIREZ HASSAN, Universidad EAFIT MATEO URIBE CASTRO, Universidad EAFIT Economic tradition establishes that human beings' reproductive behaviour is based on rational actions. This theory is completely plausible; however,... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"Review of Patricia S. Churchland, 'Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality'"
Recently Posted to SSRN: . "Review of Patricia S. Churchland, 'Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality'" Ethics, Vol. 123, No. 2, 2013 Georgetown Public Law Research Paper JOHN MIKHAIL, Georgetown University Law Center In Braintrust, Patricia Churchland sets out... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"(A)e(s)th(et)ics of Brain Imaging. Visibilities and Sayabilities in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
(A)e(s)th(et)ics of Brain Imaging. Visibilities and Sayabilities in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Hannah Fitsch has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract Producing and interpreting functional brain data is part of the negotiation we imagine our... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Criminal Defendants and Direct Brain Interventions [by Katrina Sifferd]
The use of "direct brain interventions" on criminal defendants is currently a hot topic. Articles by Nicole Vincent and Elizabeth Shaw, both published in 2012, examine the ethics of using surgical and/or drug interventions to make offenders competent for trial... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Katrina Sifferd Source Type: blogs
"The Neurotechnological Cerebral Subject: Persistence of Implicit and Explicit Gender Norms in a Network of Change"
The Neurotechnological Cerebral Subject: Persistence of Implicit and Explicit Gender Norms in a Network of Change by Sigrid Schmitz has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract Under the realm of neurocultures the concept of the cerebral... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
The Criminal Culpability of Psychopaths, part 2 [by Katrina Sifferd]
In my last post I talked about Bill Hirstein’s and my theory that criminal responsibility hinges on executive function in the brain, and that from this perspective some psychopaths are criminally culpable and some aren’t. I also noted that this... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Katrina Sifferd Source Type: blogs
