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brain imaging
 
If Brain Scans Really Detected Deception, Who Would Volunteer to be Scanned? Spence SA, Hope-Urwin A, Lankappa ST, Woodhead J, Burgess JC, Mackay AV. J Forensic Sci. 2010 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
 
Brain imaging and brain privacy: a realistic concern? Farah MJ, Smith ME, Gawuga C, Lindsell D, Foster D. J Cogn Neurosci. 2009 Jan;21(1):119-27.
 
Functional neuroimaging and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from vegetative patients. Wilkinson DJ, Kahane G, Horne M, Savulescu J. J Med Ethics. 2009 Aug;35(8):508-11. (FREE full text)
 
Bridging philosophical and practical implications of incidental findings in brain research. Illes J, Chin VN. J Law Med Ethics. 2008 Summer;36(2):298-304, 212. (FREE full text)
 
Ethics in fMRI studies: a review of the EMBASE and MEDLINE literature. Seixas D, Ayres Basto M. Clinical Neuroradiology. 2008;18(2):79-87.
 
In the mind's eye: provider and patient attitudes on functional brain imaging. Illes J, Lombera S, Rosenberg J, Arnow B. J Psychiatr Res. 2008 Dec;43(2):107-14. (FREE full text)
 
Functional MRI lie detection: too good to be true? Simpson JR. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2008;36(4):491-8.
 
fMRI in the public eye. Racine E, Bar-Ilan O, Illes J. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005 Feb;6(2):159-64. (FREE full text)
 
predictive medicine
 
Tangles of neurogenetics, neuroethics, and culture. Brief E, Illes J. Neuron. 2010 Oct 21;68(2):174-7.
 
Imaging Genetics and the Power of Combined Technologies: A Perspective from Neuroethics. Tairyan K, Illes J. Neuroscience. 2009 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print]
 
Nicolás P. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2009 Feb;69(2):98-107. Epub 2008 Nov 25.
 
Health behavior changes after genetic risk assessment for Alzheimer disease: The REVEAL Study. Chao S, Roberts JS, Marteau TM, Silliman R, Cupples LA, Green RC. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2008 Jan-Mar;22(1):94-7.  (FREE full text; see also other publications from the REVEAL study)
 
Economic methods for valuing the outcomes of genetic testing: beyond cost-effectiveness analysis. Grosse SD, Wordsworth S, Payne K. Genet Med. 2008; 10(9):648-54.
 
brain devices
 
Standard guidelines for publication of deep brain stimulation studies in Parkinson's disease (Guide4DBS-PD). Vitek JL, Lyons KE, Bakay R, Benabid AL, Deuschl G, Hallett M, Kurlan R, Pancrazio JJ, Rezai A, Walter BL, Lang AE. Mov Disord. 2010 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]
 
Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research.
Rossi S, Hallett M, Rossini PM, Pascual-Leone A; Safety of TMS Consensus Group.
Clin Neurophysiol. 2009 Dec;120(12):2008-39.
 
Scientific and ethical issues related to deep brain stimulation for disorders of mood, behavior, and thought. Rabins P, Appleby BS, Brandt J, DeLong MR, Dunn LB, Gabriëls L, Greenberg BD, Haber SN, Holtzheimer PE, Mari Z, Mayberg HS, McCann E, Mink SP, Rasmussen S, Schlaepfer TE, Vawter DE, Vitek JL, Walkup J, Mathews DJ Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Sep;66(9):931-7
 
Preparing the ethical future of deep brain stimulation. Bell E, Mathieu G, Racine E. Surg Neurol. 2009 Jul 14.
 
 
Neurostimulation and the minimally conscious state. Glannon W. Bioethics. 2008 Jul;22(6):337-45.
 
Moving minds: ethical aspects of neural motor prostheses. Clausen J. Biotechnol J. 2008 Dec;3(12):1493-501.
 
other
Diagnosing consciousness: neuroimaging, law, and the vegetative state. Fisher CE, Appelbaum PS. J Law Med Ethics. 2010 Summer;38(2):374-85.
 
Can neurological evidence help courts assess criminal responsibility? Lessons from law and neuroscience. Aharoni E, Funk C, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Gazzaniga M. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Mar;1124:145-60.
 
Neuroethics. Glannon W. Bioethics. 2006 Feb;20(1):37-52. 
 
 

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