Abstracts

Abstract 2

Brain Health: Conceptualizing Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Shaping Future Treatment with Neuroethical Considerations

Ahmad F, Perry G
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Abstract 3

Cochlear Implant Technology: Market Forces and Effects, and Neuroethico-legal and Social Considerations

Yasmeen Alhasawi¹, Valerie Sultan², James Giordano^2,3
1. Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA; 2. Neuroethics Studies Program, Georgetown University Medical Center; 3. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract 4

Canadian Media Discourse About Cerebral Palsy

J. Aspler^1,2 and E. Racine^1-3
1. Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM); 2. McGill University; 3. Université de Montréal

Abstract 6

European Perspectives on Neuroenhancement

I. Bard
London School of Economics and Political Science / Department of Methodology

Abstract 7

Biomarkers & Morally Significant Risk

M. L. Baum^1,2
1. Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Harvard Medical School & MIT; 2. Program in Neuroscience, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University

Abstract 11

Re-Conceptualizing Vulnerability in Psychiatric Research Ethics Guidance

Bracken-Roche D,^1,2 Bell E,^1,2 Racine E,^1,2,3 Macdonald ME²
1. Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal; 2. McGill University; 3. Université de Montréal

Abstract 12

Research Trends in Neuroethics 2007-2015: A Systematic Review of the Literature

D. Bracken-Roche^1,2 N. Zizzo^1,2 E. Racine^1-3
1. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal; 2. McGill University; 3. Université de Montréal

Abstract 13

"Who Am I When I'm In Control?": The Identity Ethics of Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor

Timothy Brown
University of Washington, Philosophy

Abstract 14
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Disclosure of Individual Results in FMRI Research Involving Acutely Comatose Patients

T. Bruni, C. Weijer, A. M. Owen
1. Western University, London, ON, Canada

Abstract 15

Neuroprosthetics, Agency, and Awareness

Buller T.G.
Department of Philosophy, Illinois State University

Abstract 16

Environmental Neuroethics: Setting the Agenda

L.Y. Cabrera^1,3, J. Tesluk¹, M. Chakraborti¹, R. Matthews², J. Illes¹
1. Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia; 2. Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia; 3. Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Michigan State University

Abstract 17

Integration without Reduction: What the Philosophy of Empathy can Learn from Mirror Neurons

Georgina Campelia
The Graduate Center, CUNY

Abstract 19

Transcranial Electrical Stimulation - A New Entheogen? Trajectories and Neuroethical Questions

Brennan Carrithers¹, Lindsey Warner¹, Katherine Au¹, James Giordano^2,3
1. Division of Integrative Physiology; Department of Biochemistry; 2. Neuroethics Studies Program, Pellegrnio Center for Clinical Bioethics, and 3. Department of Neurology Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA

Abstract 20

Neuroscientific Evidence: Toward a Neuroethics of Belief

Christian Carrozzo^1,2 and James Giordano³
1. Center for Ethics, Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC, USA; 2. Department of Philosophy, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY, USA; 3. Neuroethics Studies Program, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, and Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract 21

Realizing Cognitive Justice: The Biomedical Enhancement Of Children's Attention

Elisabeth de Castex
Science Po Paris

Abstract 22
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The Influence of Color-Manipulation on Data Interpretation in Neuroimaging and Geographic Information Visualization

M. Christen¹, P. Brugger², S.I. Fabrikant³
1. University Research Priority Program Ethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland; 3. Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract 24

What (And How) Do We Teach When We Teach Neuroethics?

M. DeWilde
Koeze Business Ethics Initiative, Seidman College of Business, and Philosophy Dept., Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI

Abstract 25

'Moral Enhancement' Vs. Moral Improvement: Implications of Integrative Cognitive Neuroscience Models of Moral Judgment

V. Dubljević^1,2, E. Racine^1-3
1. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal; 2. McGill University; 3. Université de Montréal

Abstract 26
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Separating Visions from Reality In The Cognitive Enhancement Debate

A. Erler
American College of Thessaloniki

Abstract 27

What's Going On In Your Head? (Mis)Diagnosis Of Disorders Of Consciousness: From Science To Ethics And Back

Michele Farisco¹, Adriana Gini²
1. Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Human Brain Project, SP 12 'Ethics and Society', task 12.2 'Conceptual and philosophical issues', and Biogem Genetic Research Centre, Ariano Irpino, Italy; 2.Neuroradiology Division, San Camillo-Forlanini Medical Center, Rome, Italy.

Abstract 28

What is a Reflex?: A Guide for Understanding Disorders of Consciousness

David B. Fischer, B.S.¹ & Robert D. Truog, M.D.^1,2
1.Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA; 2. Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston MA

Abstract 29

Regulating Neuro-enhancement Interventions

Farah Focquaert¹, Sven Vanneste², Dirk De Ridder³, Sigrid Sterckx¹
1. Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Bioethics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2. School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA; 3. Department of Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand

Abstract 31

The Intrusion Of Predictive And Advisory Brain Devices: New Ethical Issues Ahead?

F. Gilbert^1,2, M Cook^2-4, T. O'Brien^3,5
1. ARC DECRA Fellow, Faculty of Arts, UTAS; 2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science; 3. University of Melbourne; 4. Neurology St-Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne; 5. The Royal Melbourne

Abstract 32

A Subjectivist Theory of Welfare for Patients Diagnosed as Vegetative, with Covert Awareness

M. Graham, C. Weijer
1Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University

Abstract 33

The Arts and Sciences of Reading: Toward an Ethic of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

L. Grubbs
Emory University

Abstract 34

Addiction, Maladaptive Behavior, And Responsibility

C. Hardcastle¹ and V.G. Hardcastle²
1. SRI International and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 2. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Abstract 36
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Recurrent Violence in Childhood: Caveats – and Neuroethico-Legal Considerations - for Diagnosis, Classification and Treatment

Karen Herrera-Ferrá¹ and James Giordano^1-3
1. Neuroethics Studies Program; 2. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center; and 3. O'Neill-Pellegrino Program for Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy, Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, DC USA

Abstract 37

"The Master of Suspense": Using Movies and fMRI to Decode the Phenomenology of Conscious Experience in Vegetative State Patients

Horn A.^1,3 Naci, L.^2,3 Weijer C.^1,2,3 Owen A. M.^1,2,3
1. Rotman Institute of Philosophy; 2.Brain and Mind Institute; 3. Western University, London, Canada

Abstract 38

Mapping Trends And Topics Of Deep Brain Stimulation Using A Quantitative Network Approach

C. Ineichen¹, M. Christen²
1. Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2. University Research Priority Program Ethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract 39

What Can Neuroscience Contribute to the Problem of Neonatal Pain?

L.S.M. Johnson¹, A.J. Shriver²
1. Michigan Technological University; 2. University of Pennsylvania

Abstract 40

Stimulants for Enhancement Purposes: Perceptions, Attitudes and Usage Among University Students

C. M. Karter¹, A. J. Ludlam¹, C. Gokan¹, J. A. Greggio¹, K. C. Henry¹, T. F. Jaffer¹, D. Kirk¹, S. T. Ledbetter¹, M. N. Shah¹, J. Sturzebecher¹, M. G. Urban¹, L. A. Washington^1,2, K. Laas, E. Hildt^1,2
1. Illinois Institute of Technology; 2. Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions

Abstract 41

Investigator-Initiated Neurotechnology-based Clinical Research: Neuroethico-legal and Social Concerns and Paths Toward Resolution

Michael L. Kelly¹; Andre Machado²; and James Giordano^3,4
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA; 2. Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA; 3. Neuroethics Studies Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; 4. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC USA

Abstract 43

Smartphone Therapy: Ethical Considerations for Mental Health Mobile Technology

S.R. Kimmich^1,2
1. UCSD Department of Cognitive Science; 2. UCSD Department of Political Science

Abstract 44

Identity and BBCI Treatment of Psychiatric Disease: How Useful is the Directionality Heuristic?

E Klein
Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, and Portland VA Medical Center

Abstract 45

Existential Concerns over the Use of Beta Blockers in Managing Performance Anxiety

K. Kreitmair
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics

Abstract 46

More than Tremor. Goals and Benefits Associated with DBS from the Patient's Perspective

C. Kubu,¹ T. Frazier,¹ A. Machado,¹ S. Cooper,² P. Ford¹
1. Cleveland Clinic Foundation; 2. University of Minnesota

Abstract 47

Neurotechnological Intervention and Self Agency: Neuroethical Reflections on the Modulation of Personal Identity Via Externally Controlled Motor Output

D. Larrivee¹, L. Echarte²
1. International Association of Catholic Bioethicists, Toronto, CANADA; 2. Institute for Culture and Society/School of Medicine, U Navarra, SPAIN

Abstract 48

Ethical Reflections on the Selective Reconfiguration of Emotional Memory: Impact on Personal Identity

D. Larrivee¹, L. Echarte²
1. International Association of Catholic Bioethicists, Toronto, CANADA; 2. Institute for Culture and Society/School of Medicine, U Navarra, SPAIN

Abstract 49

Neuroenhancement and the World of Independent Value: Metaneuroethics of Impersonalism and Designing for the Cognitive Collective

D. Larrivee¹, M. Farisco²
1. International Association of Catholic Bioethicists, Toronto, CANADA; 2. Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala Univ, Uppsala, SWEDEN

Abstract 50

The Green Approach to Sustainable Enhancement: Meditation Practice and an Ethic of Brain Friendly Modulation

D. Larrivee¹, D. Steele²
1. International Association Catholic Bioethicists, Toronto, CANADA D; 2.Massachusetts Public Health Department, Boston, MA

Abstract 51

Information Intensity and Cognitive Design: Capacity, Performance, and Meditation: Keeping the Human in Mind

D. Larrivee¹, L. Hains², J. Larrivee³
1. International Association Catholic Bioethicists, Toronto, CANADA; 2. Societe Quebecoise des Psychotherapeutes Professionels, Montreal, Canada; 3. Department of Economics, Mt St Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD

Abstract 52

Programming Resilience: Affective Circuitry and the Ethics of Anthropological Plasticity

D. Larrivee¹, A. Canada², J. Larrivee³
1. International Association of Catholic Bioethicists, Toronto, CANADA; 2. School of Business, Catholic U of America/Mt St Mary U, Washington, DC; 3. School of Business, Mt St Mary U, Emmitsburg, MD USA

Abstract 53
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Neuroethics Now and Then. A Quantitative Approach to the Current Disciplinary Self-Understanding of Neuroethics

Jon Leefmann¹, Clement Levallois² and Elisabeth Hildt^1,3
1. Research Group on Neuroethics / Neurophilosophy, Department of Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg- Universität, Mainz, Germany; 2. Markets and Innovation Department, EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France; 3. Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA

Abstract 54

On Frailty - Ethical Issues in Emerging Neurotechnologies for an Aging Population

D. M. Lyreskog, S. K. Nagel
Department of Philosophy, University of Twente

Abstract 55

The Search For "The Universal In The Form" In The Work Of Cézanne: An Interdisciplinary, Integrated Study Between Psychology Of The Art And Neuroaesthetics

M.A. Mangione¹, A.Gini²
1. Higher Institute of Religious Studies “"all'Apollinare", Pontifical University of the Holy Cross; 2. Neuroradiology Division, San Camillo-Forlanini Medical Center, Rome, Italy

Abstract 56
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Mad And Dangerous: Neuroscience In U.S. Judicial Opinions

N. Martinez
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics

Abstract 57

Neurobiology Of Decision Making: An Approach From Neuroscience And Philosophy To The Decision Making Process In Extreme Cases

J.L. Modesto, J. Bernacer
Mind-Brain Group (Institute for Culture and Society). University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)

Abstract 58

Patentability of Neuroscience Technology: Considering Subject-Matter-Eligibility Challenges

B.W. Moore
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Abstract 59

The Freedom to Become an Addict: Are Addiction Vaccines an Assault on Free Will?

T. Moses
School of Health Sciences, Human Services and Nursing, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY

Abstract 60

Neuroethical Concerns Are Transforming the Federal Sentencing of Possession-Only Child Pornography Possession Defendants

Roland Nadler^1,2 and Raza Rasheed¹
1. Stanford Law School; 2. Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences

Abstract 61

Considerations for Use of Deep Brain Stimulation in the Management of Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Proposed Revisions to the "Analgesic Ladder"

Braden R. O'Shaughnessy¹ and James. Giordano^2,3
1. A.T. Still University, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO, USA.; 2. Neuroethics Studies Program-Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics; 3.Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.USA

Abstract 62

Minding Gray Matters: An Dialectical Opportunity for the International Neuroethics Community

Guillermo Palchik¹, John R. Shook², James Giordano³
1.The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; 2. University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 3. Neuroethics Studies Program and Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract 63

Neuroscience And Medical Futility: A Neuroethical Analysis And Proposal

Assya Pascalev¹, James Giordano^2,3
1. Department of Philosophy, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA; 2. Neuroethics Studies Program and 3. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA

Abstract 64
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Teens and Research: Should We Enroll Adolescents in Clinical Trials of Deep Brain Stimulation for Anorexia Nervosa?

C. Plunkett
Philosophy Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY; The Bioethics Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Medical Center

Abstract 65

While You Were Sleepwalking: Science and Neurobiology of Sleep Disorders & the Enigma of Legal Responsibility of Violence During Parasomnia

Shreeya Popat, B.A.^1,2, William Winslade, J.D., Ph.D., Ph.D.^2,3
1. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dallas, TX, USA. 2. The University of Texas. Plan II Honors Program. Austin, TX, USA. 3. The University of Texas Medical Branch. The Institute for the Medical Humanities. Galveston, TX, USA.

Abstract 66

Ethical Concerns Pertaining To Reverse Inference Brain Imaging-Based Early Diagnosis And Explanations Of Trauma-Related Disorders

R. Potier¹, P. Bialès², D. van den Bulke³, J. P. Konsman⁴
1: Psychoanalysis, Medicine & Society, Univ. Paris Diderot, France; 2: French Red Cross; 3: Psychology Dept., Univ. Bordeaux, France; 4: Magnetic Resonance of Biological Systems, Univ. Bordeaux, France

Abstract 67

Ethical Issues in Translational Neuroscience: The Implications and Impacts of the Growth of Translational Science and Medicine

Mark Robinson
DePaul University

Abstract 68
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Uncertain Coverage for Off-Label Deep Brain Stimulation: Neuroethical Challenges – and Possible Inroads - to Research and the Provision of Care

P. Justin Rossi¹, James Giordano^2,3, Michael S. Okun¹
1. Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA; 2. Neuroethics Studies Program, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; 3. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA

Abstract 69

Culture, Ethics, and I/DD: Addressing Challenges in International Work on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Jennifer C. Sarrett, PhD
Emory University, Center for the Study of Human Health

Abstract 70

Genetic Neurobiology and Moral Culpability in Sentences of Capital Punishment

J Bradley Segal
Harvard Medical School

Abstract 71

Mining The NIH Reporter Database Uncovers Opportunity Areas And Resource Inequities In Neuroethics Research And Education

E. E. Serrano
New Mexico State University, Biology

Abstract 72

Can We (Realistically) Talk about Moral Performance Enhancement?

John Shook¹, James Giordano²
1. University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2. Neuroethics Studies Program and Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract 73

Neural Correlates of Guilt in Criminal Offenders with Antisocial Personality Disorder: Toward Further Elucidation of Moral Cognition

S. Silveira (1, #), P. Michl (1, #), M. Paolini (1), H. Müller (1), J. Giordano (1, 2), N. Nedopil (1), K. Hennig-Fast (1, 3, *)
1. Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; 2. Neuroethics Studies Program and Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; 3. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; # contributed equally; * corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract 74

Possible Robotics Internet Brain-To-Brain Rehabilitation In Motor Deficits (Paralysis) And Speech Disorders (Aphasia): Neuroethical Implications

Vittorio A. Sironi¹, Adriana Gini²
1 Director of the Research Centre on the History of Biomedical Thought, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy; 2 Neuroradiology Division, San Camillo Forlanini Medical Center, Rome, Italy

Abstract 76

Toward an integrative database of/for transcranial electrical stimulation: Defining need, and positing approaches, benefits and caveats.

Lauren Treene¹, Anna Wexler², James Giordano^1,3
1.Neuroethics Studies Program, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; 2. Science, Technology and Society Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA; 3. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract 79

A Pragmatic Analysis of the Regulation of Consumer Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Devices in the United States

A. Wexler
Department of Science, Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract 80
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Public Opinions on Legal Agency Determination in Taiwan: Does Cultural Value and Neuroscience Matter?

Kevin Chien‐Chang Wu, M.D., LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department/Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Bioethics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine School of Medicine

Abstract 81

A Neuroethical, Model- and Game-based Regulatory Framework for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation and Use: Considerations of contexts and consequences

Rachel Wurzman^1,3, Roy Hamilton^1,2, James Giordano^3,4
1. Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 2. Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 3.Neuroethics Studies Program, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; 4. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract 82

Ethical Aspects of Electronic Health Record Systems

Porsdam Mann, S.¹ and Sahakian, B. J.^1,2
1) University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry; 2) MRC/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Cambridge, UK

Abstract 83

Female Minors As Victims Of Forced Marriages To Elderly Men In Islamic And Several Other Cultures: A Major Issue Of Civil And Criminal Law By Child Abuse And Violation Of A Primary Human Right By Restricting Free Will Or Self Determination

G.O. Peker,¹ S.N. Peker²
1) Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology and Institute for Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Dept. of Neuroscience; and Neuroscience Society of Turkey, Izmir, Turkey; 2) Barrister and Barr Member of Izmir, Turkey

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