International Neuroethics


National Core for Neuroethics, Vancouver, Canada

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Research projects:

  • Neuroethics for British Columbia
  • The Neuroethics of Enhancement
  • Ethics in Neurodegenerative Disease and Regenerative Medicine
  • International and Cross Cultural Challenges in Brain Research
  • Neuroimaging and Ethics
  • Personalized Medicine
  • Multicultural Concepts of Autonomy, Mental Well-being and Cognitive Decline in Aging and Dementia
  • Ethics, Neuroimaging and Limited States of Consciousness Workshop, Stanford University
Neuroethics Research Unit, Montreal, Canada

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Research projects:

  • Examining stakeholder perspectives and public understanding of the ethical and social issues of cognitive enhancement using methylphenidate
  • Public understanding of neuroscience and the Terri Schiavo case
  • Specialty training and physician decision-making in the care of critically ill neurologic patients
  • Examination of prognostication, end-of-life decision-making and organ donation after cardiocirculatory death in severely brain-injured pediatric patients (pending)
  • A multi-site qualitative study of ethical and social issues in functional neurosurgery using neurostimulation
  • Identifying practices and challenges for IRB review of advanced neuroimaging in Canada
  • Examining the epistemological foundation of neuroethics: A patient-centred pragmatist perspective
  • States of Mind: Emerging Issues in Neuroethics
University of Pennsylvania Neuroethics Program, Philadelphia, USA

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Program in Neuroethics, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, USA

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Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, Oxford, UK

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Research projects:

  • Cognitive and Affective Enhancement
  • Borderline Consciousness and Severe Neurological Impairment
  • Free Will, Moral Responsibility and Addiction
  • The Neuroscience of Morality and Decision-making
University of Turku, Finland

Research Project: Individual Autonomy, Neurosciences, and Chronic Disorders of Consciousness

Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Canada

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