Wednesday, April 15, 2009
| Topic: |
Ethical Issues in Brain Imaging Research |
| Presenter: |
Lisa T. Eyler, Ph.D,
VA SD, Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
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| Location: |
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175 |
Presentation
Abstract: |
Brain imaging is an increasingly popular method to explore the neural underpinnings of normal and pathological behavior. The use of this tool in healthy individuals has raised ethical issues about researchers' responsibilities for evaluation and communication of incidental clinical findings revealed through brain scans. We will discuss recommendations that have been put forth for dealing with these issues. Recently, brain imaging has also been used to explore how humans make ethical decisions. We will discuss some examples of this research and whether brain imaging helps us to understand ethical behavior in a useful way.
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Suggested
Readings: |
- Wolf SM et al. (2008). Managing incidental findings in human subjects research: analysis and recommendations. J Law Med Ethics. 36(2): 219-48.
- Hsu M, Anen C, Quartz SR (2008). The right and the good: distributive justice and neural encoding of equity and efficiency. Science. 320: 1092-1095.
- Eyler LT, Olsen RK, Nayak GV, Mirzakhanian H, Brown GG, Jeste DV (2007). Brain response correlates of decisional capacity in schizophrenia: A preliminary fMRI study. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 19(2): 137-144.
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