Monthly Archives: June, 2015
New Primer for Researchers on Neuroscience and Consent Capacity Now Available
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has posted to Bioethics.gov a new educational primer: this primer provides researchers with information on neuroscience and consent capacity. The module accompanies the Bioethics Commission’s two-volume report Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society (Gray Matters, Vol. 1) and Gray Matters: Topics […]
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Bioethics Commission Urges Neuroscientists to Participate in Legal Processes, and Cautions Against Hype
Earlier this year, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) released the second of its two-volume report on neuroscience and ethics—Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society (Gray Matters, Vol. 2). One of the topics it examined in depth was the application of neuroscientific evidence and concepts […]
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Bioethics Commission Recommends Funding Research on the Intersection of Neuroscience and the Legal System
In March of this year the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) released Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society (Gray Matters, Vol. 2), the second volume of its two-part report on ethics and neuroscience. In Gray Matters, Vol. 2, the Bioethics Commission analyzed three topics, including […]
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Bioethics Commission Recommends Creation of Educational Tools for Neuroscience in the Legal System
On March 26 the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) released the second part of its two-volume report on neuroscience and ethics, Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society (Gray Matters, Vol. 2). In Gray Matters, Vol. 2, the Bioethics Commission addressed the application of neuroscience to the legal […]
