PEBS Neuroethics Roundup: December 13, 2012

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Last Edition's Most Popular Article:

Enhancing Morality (John Harris and Julian Savulescu - video), iai

In The Popular Press

How Free Is Free Will?, Johns Hopkins Magazine
Operation Delirium, The New Yorker
Understanding How Children Develop Empathy, New York Times Well Blog
Psychiatry’s New Rules Threaten to Turn Grieving Into a Sickness, Wired Science
Eye-Opener: Why Do Pupils Dilate in Response to Emotional States?, Scientific American
The Not So Seductive Allure of Colorful Brain Images, The Neurocritic
Alzheimer's Breakthrough? Drug Intended for Diabetes Appears to Restore Memory in Alzheimer’s Brain Cells, Science Daily
A Tense Compromise on Defining Disorders, New York Times Health
You scratch, I scratch! The social contagion of itch, Scientific American
The war on drugs and alcohol is a war against human nature, The Guardian
Neurodiversity and autism: where do we draw the line?, The Neuroethics Blog
Pacemaker-like device studied in Alzheimer's treatment, CBS News
Q&A: Oliver Sacks on Hallucinations, Time Health & Family
Why You Like to Watch the Same Thing Over and Over and Over Again, Scientific American
Target faulty brain circuits to treat mental illness, New Scientist

From the Academic Literature:

Confidence in value-based choice, Nature Neuroscience
Can decision-making skills affect responses to psychological stress in healthy women?, Psychoneuroendocrinology
The effect of verbal context on olfactory neural responses, Human Brain Mapping
Functional neuroimaging of circardian fatigue, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
Levels of Soluble Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 and P-Selectin Are Decreased in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Biological Psychiatry
Individual Differences in Amygdala-Medial Prefrontal Anatomy Link Negative Affect, Impaired Social Functioning, and Polygenic Depression Risk, The Journal of Neuroscience

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