Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Grace (Editor), Illes, Judy (Editor), Ohl, Frauke (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 19
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Medical ethics.; Law.; Biomedicine.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Law, general.

Behavioral neuroscience encompasses the disciplines of neurobiology and psychology to study mechanisms of behavior. This volume provides a contemporary overview of the current state of how ethics informs behavioral neuroscience research. There is dual emphasis on ethical challenges in experimental a...

Table of Contents:

• Section I. Experimental Animal Research
• Ethical Issues Associated with the Use of Animal Experimentation in Behavioural Neuroscience Research
• The use of animal models in behavioural neuroscience research
• Does the goal justify the methods? Harm and Benefit in Neuroscience Research Using Animals
• A Framework for investigating animal consciousness
• Telos, Conservation of Welfare, and Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering of Animals
• Would the elimination of the capacity to suffer evolve ethical dilemmas in experimental animal research?
• Section II. Clinical Research
• Ethics of human research in behavioral neuroscience: Overview of section II
• What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?
• Effects of brain injury on moral agency: Ethical dilemmas in investigating human behavior
• Genetic testing and neuroimaging for youth at risk for mental illness: Trading off benefit and risk
• Externalization of consciousness: Scientific possibilities and clinical implications
• How does enhancing cognition affect human values?  How does this translate into social responsibility?
• Deep brain stimulation: A principled and pragmatic approach to understanding the ethical and clinical challenges of an evolving technology
• Ethical issues and ethical therapy associated with anxiety disorders
• Just like a circus: The public consumption of sex differences
• Money and morals: Ending clinical trials for financial reasons.