CNS faculty member Jonathan Moreno has been invited to join UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee. UNESCO’s mission is to encourage peace and security through the promotion of education and international collaboration. In the field of bioethics, the organization has become a leading forum for trans-disciplinary and multicultural debate and reflection on advancement in [...]
Ever wonder about Penn's Law & Brain Student Group? Check out this terrific interview with Gabriel Lázaro, the student group's lead organizer: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-s-law-and-brain-student-group-mines-intersection-neuroscience-society-and-courts
We are pleased to announce that Drs. Diana Robertson and Roy Hamilton have joined the faculty of the Penn Center for Neuroscience & Society. Diana Robertson, PhD, is Joseph Kolodny Professor of Social Responsibility in Business and Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School. Dr. Robertson's research [...]
In a radio interview with NPR's Talk of the Nation, CNS faculty member, Jason Karlawish, discusses the implications of a recent study's findings that the skin cancer drug bexarotene (Targretin) can reduce Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice. For the full interview, click here.
Sean Scully + Anjan Chatterjee Abstract Cognition Saturday February 4, 2012 @ 2:45 PM The Irish-born painter Sean Scully is best known for his abstract stripe paintings. Twice nominated for the Turner Prize, Scully’s 2007 installation Wall of Light toured extensively before a well-received sojourn at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anjan [...]
Anouncing the release of the Neuroethics Open Education Resource The Neuroethics Open Educational Resource is a free resource developed from materials used in Penn's Neuroethics Learning Collaborative. The new Neuroethics OER offers lectures, readings and other content covering a number of key topics in neuroethics. The Neuroethics OER consists of 9 [...]
Critical acclaim for Martha Farah's Neuroethics: An Introduction with Readings "It is clearly the best introduction to the field … and an essential resource for anyone interested in a wide range of conceptual and practical issues associated with neuroscience and our ability to monitor and manipulate the brain.” – Walter Glannon [...]
The growing phenomenon of cognitive enhancement by college students and others was the topic of a recent 60 Minutes feature reported by Katie Couric. The show includes her interview with Martha Farah on the neuroethics of cognitive enhancement and footage of a research study being conducted at Penn by Farah [...]
Psychiatric diseases are diseases of the brain, but can we diagnose them with brain imaging? Can neuroimaging guide treatment plans? Help redesign the DSM? The Penn PCNS hosted a February workshop, led by Erik Parens of Hastings and supported by the Dana Foundation, that brought together physicians, neuroscientists, social scientists [...]
The Institute of Medicine's Neuroscience Forum brings together leading researchers, policymakers and stakeholders to identify and address important new issues concerning the brain. Penn's own Jonathan Moreno, the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Medical Ethics and the History and Sociology of Science, has been tapped to bring his [...]
The Center for Neuroscience & Society joins neuroethicists around the world in mourning the passing of William Safire, whose vision, leadership and generosity helped establish the field of neuroethics.
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Neuroscience & Society, a cross-disciplinary center focused on understanding and communicating the impact of neuroscience on society, has named its initial board of advisors. The board includes a Nobel laureate, the editor-in-chief of an international science journal, CNN’s chief medical correspondent and [...]
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Penn Center for Neuroscience and Society, a cross-disciplinary endeavor to increase understanding of the impact of neuroscience on society through research and teaching and to encourage the responsible use of neuroscience for the benefit of humanity. The announcement was made today [...]
PHILADELPHIA -- Psychologists, neuroscientists, legal scholars and faculty from the University of Pennsylvania are hosting Penn’s first Neuroscience Boot Camp, a nine-day seminar devoted to educating academics, legal and business professionals, economists, medical ethicists, policy makers, philosophers and writers on the impact of emerging neuroscience research and to foster an [...]
Anjan Chatterjee and Martha Farah explain the science and the social forces behind cognitive enhancing drugs in Margaret Talbot’s New Yorker article, “Brain Gain: The Underground World of Cognitive Enhancing Drugs” (April 27, 2009)