PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Science in court: Smart enough to die?, Nature News In The Popular Press Losing the scent: Digital information is depriving our brains, Medium What Four Months on Mars Taught Me About Boredom, Gizmodo Monkey brains... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Cure for love: Should we take anti-love drugs?, New Scientist In The Popular Press Robots with human-like brains to take on Mars unaided, New Scientist Master monkey's brain controls sedated 'avatar', BBC News Health Scientists... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
On Neurolaw Revolutions
I just had a new article published entitled, Will There Be a Neurolaw Revolution?. You can download the full-text for free here. The abstract is below. Abstract: The central debate in the field of neurolaw has focused on two claims.... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Psychiatrists Embrace Deep-Brain Stimulation, Scientific American In The Popular Press Cure for love: Should we take anti-love drugs?, New Scientist Phantom Melodies Yield Real Clues to Brain’s Workings, New York Times Are we born with... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Video: Patricia Churchland on the Colbert Report, Colbert Nation In The Popular Press Darkness sharpens hearing in adult mice, Nature News Psychiatrists Embrace Deep-Brain Stimulation, Scientific American Shooting Pills at Bipolar Disorder, The Atlantic New... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"Situationism and Moral Responsibility: Free Will in Fragments"
Recently posted to SSRN (and published in Decomposing the Will, eds. Andy Clark, Julian Kiverstein, & Tillmann Vierkand) "Situationism and Moral Responsibility: Free Will in Fragments" MANUEL VARGAS, University of San Francisco Many prominent accounts of free will and moral... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"If Free Will Doesn't Exist, Neither Does Water"
Recently Posted on SSRN (and published in Gregg D. Caruso, ed., Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Resposibility (Lexington Books 2013)): "If Free Will Doesn't Exist, Neither Does Water" MANUEL VARGAS, University of San Francisco In recent years,... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"Voluntariness and Causation for Criminal Offending Associated with Treatment of Parkinson's Disease"
Recently posted to SSRN (and published as a University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Research Paper): "Voluntariness and Causation for Criminal Offending Associated with Treatment of Parkinson's Disease" FRANCESCA BARTLETT, The University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Modafinil and Cognitive Enhancement
There is some evidence of a cognitive enhancing effect of modafinil here. (Hat tip: Nicole Vincent) (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 31, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Stop Trusting Yourself, New York Times Sunday Review In The Popular Press The Older Mind May Just Be a Fuller Mind, New York Times Secrets of the Brain, National Geographic Nowhere to Go: Mentally Ill... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 31, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Google Purchase of DeepMind and Ethics Board Condition
According to this article, Google's purchase of DeepMind has as a condition that Google will create an ethics board for the project. (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
Pat Churchland on Colbert
Here's a link (jump to the third segment). And here's Pat's new book. Some paraphrased tidbits: Colbert: You mean I love my kids because of chemicals. Pat: Yes. . . . Colbert: Are you saying I don't have a soul?... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): What Dreams Are Made Of: Understanding Why We Dream (About Sex and Other Things), Time Healthland In The Popular Press Stop Trusting Yourself, New York Times Sunday Review Caffeine Found to Enhance Memory Consolidation, MPR... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"Neuroscience, Brain Damage, and the Criminal Defendant: Who Does It Help and Where in the Criminal Proceeding Is It Most Relevant?"
Recently Posted on SSRN (and published in the Rutgers Law Record): "Neuroscience, Brain Damage, and the Criminal Defendant: Who Does It Help and Where in the Criminal Proceeding Is It Most Relevant?" ADAM LAMPARELLO, Indiana Tech Law School Individuals with... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - December 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"When, and How, Should Cognitive Bias Matter to Law?"
Recently Posted on SSRN (and forthcoming in Law and Inequity: A Journal of Theory and Practice): "When, and How, Should Cognitive Bias Matter to Law?" GOVIND PERSAD, Stanford Law School Recent work in the behavioral sciences asserts that we are... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - December 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
