@NeuroBioEthics

CNS provides neutral, in-depth analysis of matters at the intersection of neurotechnology, neuroethics, and public policy.

 Arlington, Virginia
potomacinstitute.org/cns/
Joined July 2011
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ow.ly/cFyN2 A crucial step in advancing neural transplantation techniques and therapeutics

Cross-talk between neural stem cells and immune cells: the key to better brain repair?

Nature Neuroscience - Immune cells participating in CNS inflammation are now known to mediate both beneficial and detrimental effects. In this review, the authors examine the recently discovered...

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ow.ly/cFyI0 A key set of findings, further study is needed to better define which neural network activites are casual/predictive
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ow.ly/cFyEN important to bonding and mating instincts in humans (a neural basis for the phrase "I'm a leg man"?)

Seeing women as objects: The sexual body part recognition bias

Objectification theory suggests that the bodies of women are sometimes reduced to their sexual body parts. As well, an extensive literature in cognitive psychology suggests that global processing...

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ow.ly/cFyqj May suggest phylogenetically durable cognitive focus upon somatically erogenous zones

Seeing women as objects: The sexual body part recognition bias

Objectification theory suggests that the bodies of women are sometimes reduced to their sexual body parts. As well, an extensive literature in cognitive psychology suggests that global processing...

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ow.ly/cFyhd Okay - so now the question is: What will various institutions (and society at-large) do with this technique?
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ow.ly/cFy52 Confirms role of nucleus accumbens in behavioral priming + activation, might this be viable target for intervention?
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ow.ly/cFxOo Fortifies concept of cross-sensory reorganization and may provide important perspectives on neural network dynamics

Altered Cross-Modal Processing in the Primary Auditory Cortex of Congenitally Deaf Adults: A...

The developing brain responds to the environment by using statistical correlations in input to guide functional and structural changes—that is, the brain displays neuroplasticity. Experience shapes...

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ow.ly/cFxKc May afford new insights to fundamental substrates and properties of cognition, experience and the mind at-large

Intrinsic Organization of the Anesthetized Brain

The neural mechanism of unconsciousness has been a major unsolved question in neuroscience despite its vital role in brain states like coma and anesthesia. The existing literature suggests that...

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ow.ly/cFxpz Offers a valuable view of mechanisms of neural network dynamics submersing (un)consciousness.

Intrinsic Organization of the Anesthetized Brain

The neural mechanism of unconsciousness has been a major unsolved question in neuroscience despite its vital role in brain states like coma and anesthesia. The existing literature suggests that...

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ow.ly/cFx7W Insights into neural basis of decision making from the synaptic to the social scale. See also: ow.ly/cFxdI
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ow.ly/cFx10 May be a neural correlate to hermeneutic cognition +important to the ways humans/others perceive concept of golden rule
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ow.ly/cFwwS A fascinating report that opens new vistas in neuroprosthetics
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ow.ly/cFwn2 Evidence of the nature via nurture effect in action?
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ow.ly/cFwJK Reveals putative neural network for other-centred cognitions+actions important to neuro-ecology. Can it be accessed?
ow.ly/cFw1n What a trip! Psychedelic drug research has been cooking under radar - compounds great potential for therapeutic value.
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ow.ly/bT6hJ Provides neuroanatomical findings that strengthen the idea of reciprocal network engagements in the brain
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ow.ly/bT5VE May open the door for other, similar uses of convergent neuroscience to identify cognitive/emotional/behavioral traits
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ow.ly/bT5z7 These results provide additional illustration of multiple roles for various neurochemicals including oxytocin
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ow.ly/bT5f0 ...in cognitive tastes arising from the iterative complexification of environmental conditions and contingencies
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ow.ly/bT50u Suggests that more evolutionary recent structures of the human brain may have evolved to function
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