“Introclusion” to neuroethics for the Neuroethics Learning Collaborative

Goals for this class 1.Help you integrate course material into a coherent view of neuroethics 2.Suggest ways to learn more about neuroethics and get involved in the field 2

The lay of the land 3

4 Classical bioethics: Safety of high-field MRI, TMS… Incidental findings in research MRI Neural stem cell research involving hESC

The lay of the land 5 Classical bioethics: Safety of high-field MRI, TMS… Incidental findings in research MRI Neural stem cell research involving hESC Ethical, legal and social issues arising because the brain is the organ of the human mind

Neuroethics tree 6 understanding technology neuroscience

Neuroethics tree 7 understanding technology monitormanipulate neuroscience

Neuroethics tree 8 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices neuroscience DBS, chips TMS, tDCS

Neuroethics tree 9 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices neuroscience e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS

Neuroethics tree 10 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices neuroscience mental states e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS

Neuroethics tree 11 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices neuroscience mental states e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS

Neuroethics tree 12 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices neuroscience mental states brainotyping e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS

Neuroethics tree 13 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices neuroscience mental states brainotyping e.g., criminality, personality e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS

Neuroethics tree 14 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices borderline cases of personhood neuroscience mental states brainotyping e.g., criminality, personality e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS

Neuroethics tree 15 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices borderline cases of personhood neuroscience mental states brainotyping e.g., criminality, personality e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS e.g., immature and severely brain- damaged humans, non- human animals

Neuroethics tree 16 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices core features of personhood borderline cases of personhood neuroscience mental states brainotyping e.g., criminality, personality e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS e.g., immature and severely brain- damaged humans, non- human animals

Neuroethics tree 17 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices core features of personhood borderline cases of personhood neuroscience mental states brainotyping e.g., criminality, personality e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS e.g., responsibility morality, love, spirituality, a soul e.g., immature and severely brain- damaged humans, non- human animals

Cross-cutting issues [Safety] Privacy Freedom, autonomy Premature adoption Person-thing clash 18

Neuroethics tree 19 understanding technology monitormanipulate drugsdevices core features of personhood borderline cases of personhood neuroscience mental states brainotyping e.g., criminality, personality e.g., neuro- marketing, lie detection e.g., cognitive, personality enhancement, regulation, CoI DBS, chips TMS, tDCS e.g., responsibility morality, love, spirituality, a soul e.g., immature and severely brain- damaged humans, non- human animals

What next? How can you engage with neuroethics in the future? 20

Books and journals 21 and coming summer 2010… Neuroethics: An Introduction with Readings, MIT Press, M.J. Farah

Penn website 22

Join w like-minded students and professionals 23 Next meeting to be held in conjunction with the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA. November 12 th 2010