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Privacy Challenges to the Democratization of Brain Data
Wearable devices that record brain signals may present privacy concerns for consumers. Industry leaders discussed four such concerns with us that pertain to data collection and management, user autonomy and information transparency, exceptionalism of ...
Nicole Minielly +2 more
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We estimate that 208,000 deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices have been implanted to address neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders worldwide. DBS Think Tank presenters pooled data and determined that DBS expanded in its scope and has been applied ...
Vinata Vedam-Mai +63 more
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The Atlanta Neuroethics Consortium
Recently, I attended the Atlanta Neuroethics Consortium’s (ANEC) conference on Neuro-Interventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity (September 12-14). Hosted by Professor Dr.
Joshua Preston
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Beyond Scientism and Skepticism: An Integrative Approach to Global Mental Health
The global burden of disorders has shifted from infectious disease to non-communicable diseases, including neuropsychiatric disorders. Whereas infectious disease can sometimes be combated by targeting single causal mechanisms, such as prevention of ...
Dan J Stein, Judy eIlles
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The Use of Neuroscience and Psychological Measurement in England's Court of Protection
The 2005 Mental Capacity Act of England and Wales provides a description in statute law of a test determining if a person lacks “mental capacity” to take a particular decision and describes how the “best interests” of such a person should be determined ...
Andrew McWilliams +6 more
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Neuroethics: the institutionalization of ethics in neuroscience
Recent advances in neuroscience have led to numerous ethical questions. Neuroethics is the study of ethical, legal and social advancements in neuroscience which, despite being a recently developed discipline, has a long historical tradition.
Amer Cavalheiro Hamdan
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Resilience, trust, and civic engagement in the post-CCSVI era
Background Scientific and financial investments in chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) research have been made to address both the hope for and scepticism over this interventional strategy for MS. Despite limited evidence in support of the
Shelly Benjaminy +3 more
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The Worrisome Potential of Outsourcing Critical Thinking to Artificial Intelligence
Abstract As Artificial Intelligence (AI) keeps advancing, Generation Alpha and future generations are more likely to cope with situations that call for critical thinking by turning to AI and relying on its guidance without sufficient critical thinking. I defend this worry and argue that it calls for educational reforms that would be designed mainly to (
Ron Aboodi
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Neuroethics transformation of economic rationality: implications for decision making in business
The economy and business field has traditionally been dominated by a conception of calculator, strategic and profit-maximizing individual rationality. This model of rationality has important theoretical limitations and practical consequences.
José-Félix Lozano
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Ethical Analysis of Anomie: From Durkheim to the Digital Age
ABSTRACT Anomie, as a core concept in sociology, reveals the impact of the lack of social norms on individuals and groups. From the perspective of ethics, this paper systematically sorts out the theoretical development from Durkheim (1897) to the contemporary digital society, and combines empirical research to explore the evolution mechanism of Anomie ...
Feifei Yan, Zhanguo Peng
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