The Future Now NEEDs (Neurotechnologies and Emerging Ethical Dilemmas): Spring 2018

• January 29th* (3-4pm in Room 102) Ethical Design of Intelligent Robots with Ayanna Howard
• February 20th  TBA
• March 27th  TBA
• April 17th Diagnosis of Brain Diseases by 'Voiceprint' with Jim Schwoebel

Please RSVP to [email protected] to attend. Seating is limited. Lunch is provided. Events for Fall 2018 will be held in the Center for Ethics Room 162 from 11:45-112:45pm unless noted.*

Conferences

Stay tuned for Sept 2018 Mark and Barbara Klien Mind-Body Conference 
 Second conference of the Mark and Barbara Klein Mind-Body Conference Series at Emory. 

Symposia

Stay tuned for 2018 Graduate Student Neuroethics Symposium 

April 28, 2017: The Use of Preclinical Biomarkers for Brain Diseases: A Neuroethical Dilemma. Annual Neuroscience Graduate Student-led Neuroethics Symposium.




Stay tuned for next Zombies and Zombethics! www.zombethics.com

Past Journal Clubs

Fall 2017

• September 25 Neuroprediction of Recidivism—Eyal Aharoni 
• November 6 Hallucinations Across a Spectrum: Dispelling Myths & Combating Social Stigma Stephanie Hare and Jessica Turner
• December 4 What it's like to be a dog with Gregory Berns

Spring 2017

• Jan 25 Preclinical/Prodromal Detection: An online Psychosis Calculator?—Elaine Walker
• Feb 22 Brain Computer Interfaces, Memory Enhancement and Identity—Cory Inman
• March 15 Virtual Reality Ethics—Barbara Rothbaum
• April 5 Neuroprediction of Recidivism—Eyal Aharoni rescheduled for Sept 2018

Fall 2016

• Sept 21: Dr. Heather Kleider-Offut discusses the neuroscience of police violence and systemic racism
• Nov 16: Dr. Jennifer Felger facilitates a discussion on "Inflammation might be causing depression": Stigma of mental illness, reductionism, and (mis-)representations of science
• Dec 7: Dr. Cory Inman facilitates a discussion on brain stimulation and memory.

Spring 2016

• Feb 20: Helen Mayberg facilitates a discussion on "Happiness is a Warm Electrode": Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression: Implications for personhood, autonomy, and stigma around mental illness.
• March 16: Larry Young facilitates a discussion on “Could a ‘love hormone’ rebond our troubled world?”: The hope and hype of oxytocin from moral enhancement to treating autism.
• April 20: Marise Parent facilitates a discussion on "Sweets help you stay in shape": Memory, obesity, and free will.

Fall 2015

• Sept 15: Dr. Eric Schumacher, Director of the CoNTRol Lab on Attention, Memory, and Cognitive Control will facilitate a discussion on Why DARPA is paying people to watch Alfred Hitchcock
• Nov 17: Dr. Jordan Amadio, neurosurgeon and co-Founder of Neurolaunch will facilitate a discussion on Head Transplants: Making Science (Fiction)?
• Dec 15: Dec 15: Dr. Claire Coles, researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at Emory will facilitate a discussion on Poverty and the Brain: Crack Baby Myths Revisited? 

Spring 2015

• Jan 29*: Julia Marshall and Scott Lilienfeld facilitate a discussion on "Does neural 'evidence' unduly prejudice jurors' decision-making?"
• Feb 20: Jennifer Mascaro facilitates a discussion on her article, "Testicular volume is inversely correlated with nurturing ‐ related brain activity in human fathers"
• March 18: John Banja and Ryan Purcell facilitate a discussion on cognitive enhancement, "Enhancing motivation, performance, or both?"
• April 22: Constance Shreckengost facilitates a discussion on sugar and the brain and this article "Sugar doesn’t just make you fat—it can also trigger depression, anxiety and stress"