From Do-It-Yourself to Direct-to-Consumer: the Regulation of Consumer Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Devices (Anna Wexler)

Project Description

Anna Wexler is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Science, Technology and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently a 2015-2016 visiting scholar at the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds dual B.S. degrees from MIT, in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and in Humanities and Science with a Focus in Writing and Neuroscience. She spent several years working as a science writer and editor with a specialty in neuroscience, and co-directed a feature documentary film, Unorthodox (2013). Her current research focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues surrounding emerging neuroscience technology, with a particular focus on the consumer and do-it-yourself (DIY) use of electrical brain stimulation. In addition, she is interested in privacy and brain computer interfaces, the intersection of neuroscience and public policy, and media representations of neuroscience research.

Slides for this video can be found here.