CNS in the Media

2013 Boot Camp alumni Kevin Davis discusses the benefits of CNS Neuroscience Boot Camp for lawyers looking to navigate neuroscience-based legal claims in the American Bar Association Journal.

After examining the scientific evidence, CNS Advisory Board member Dr. Sanjay Gupta has reversed his position on medical marijuana, saying " It doesn't have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications... We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, [...]

National Public Radio airs a segment on the growing use of ADHD drugs by healthy college students and interviews Martha Farah concerning the trend and associated risks (February 5, 2009). More Students Turning Illegally To 'Smart' Drugs

Penn Neuroscience Boot Camp participants describe the varied ways in which neuroscience is relevant to their professions on Reuters (October 15, 2009, “Brain science starting to impact varied fields”).

Adrian Raine discusses the puzzling brains of psychopathic killers on ABC News’ Nightline (August 25, 2010, ” 'I Am Hatred': What Turns Someone Into a Psycho-Killer?”)

Jason Karlawish explains how Alzheimer’s disease can manifest itself early in financial decision-making for the New York Times (October 30, 2010: Money woes can be early clue to Alzheimer’s”).  

Jonathan Moreno addresses the costs and benefits of new predictive testing for Alzheimer’s disease in the New York Times (December 18, 2010, “Tests Detect Alzheimer’s Risks, but Should Patients Be Told?”)

Martha J. Farah tells Newsweek what stimulant medications can, and can’t, do to improve cognition in healthy people (January 3, 2011: “Can you build a better brain?”).  

Stephen J. Morse analyzes the legal challenges associated with the insanity defense for the New York Times in connection with the Giffords shooting (January 12, 2011: “Legal strategy could hinge on mental ills”).  

Martha Farah and Irena Ilieva discuss Adderall use at Penn in The Daily Pennsylvanian (February 16, 2011: "Beating the Adderall curve").

Adrian Raine discusses the implications of a biological basis of criminal and anti-social behavior in the Penn Current (February 17, 2011: "Neurocriminology: How early can we see a brain basis for crime?").

Jason Karlawish questions why U.S. seniors continue to have limited voting access in a piece for United Press International (March 20, 2011: "'Rocking chair voters' have limited access")

Geoffrey Aguirre has developed a new mathematcal approach for studying the inner workings of the brain. The research is published in the journal NeuroImage and covered in a recent Penn Medicine news release (March 28, 2011: "Deciphering hidden code reveals brain activity")

Anjan Chatterjee speculates on the minds of "cheaters" in a New York Times article (April 16, 2011: "The Psychology of Cheating")

Anjan Chatterjee discusses the growing use of stimulant medication to enhance cognitive performance in an article on msnbc.com (April 25, 2011: "Adults who claim to have ADHD? 1 in 4 may be faking it")  

Anjan Chatterjee explores the relationship between art and the brain in a piece for the Los Angeles Times (May 20, 2011: "After brain damage, the creative juices flow for some")

Jonathan Moreno and Martha Farah discussed the advances in neuroscience and their societal impact as part of a briefing hosted by AAAS and the House Armed Services Committee, then summarized in Science (August 26, 2011: "Advances in Neuroscience Rais Medical Hopes, Social Questions")

Martha Farah presented at the 47th annual Nobel Conference: The Brain and Being Human (October 5, 2011: "21st Century Neuroscience: From Lab and Clinic to Home, School and Office")

Jonathan Moreno referenced Martha Farah's research on personhood as he weighed in on the debate for The Huffington Post (November 20, 2011: "Diagnosing The 'Personhood' Problem: It's In Your Brain")

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  (February 20,  2012: , "Caregivers Press for Experimental Alzheimer's Drug")

CNS faculty member Jonathan Moreno has been invited to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's International Bioethics Committee(April 2, 2012: "Penn Bioethicist Jonathan Moreno Appointed to UNESCO International Bioethics Committee")  

Martha Farah presented 20 years worth of data on childhood stimulation and brain development at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans, as covered in The Guardian (October 14, 2012: "Childhood stimulation key to brain development: study finds")

Robert Sadoff is cited as a forensic psychiatry expert by Reuters in an article on a U.S. soldier experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (November 20, 2012: "U.S. soldier accused of Iraq shooting "psychotic": doctor")  

The Anatomy of Violence, the latest book by CNS member Adrian Raine, has been praised for its important new insights into crime, the biology of human nature and the future of criminal justice. Read Paul Bloom's review in the New York Times Book Review Section here.

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.

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 [...]

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)