Testing your cognition online: What’s the harm?

Core’s Dr Julie Robillard discusses the ethics of health information online and its credibility.

Brain Matters! 5 – Call for papers

Thursday, May 28, 2015 to Friday, May 29, 2015 from 8:15am Scottsdale Resort and Conference
 Center 7700 E McCormick Pkwy 
Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Website Cutting Edge Neurotechnologies
 – Clinical and Ethical Issues Keynote: Dr. Jonathan Moreno “The most interesting bioethicist of our time.” -The American Journal of Bioethics. Jonathan D. Moreno is an American philosopher […]

2016 Alzheimer Update Forum

Saturday, January 30, 2015 – 8:45am to 12:15pm Theatre 1, Theatre 2, and West Atrium UBC Life Science Centre – 2350 Health Sciences Mall UBC Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders invite you to the 2016 Update on Alzheimer disease. This forum will feature some of the foremost experts on a wide variety of […]

Montreal Neuroethics Conference For Young Researchers

The Montreal Neuroethics Network (MNN) invites you to the upcoming “Montreal Neuroethics Conference for Young Researchers“. Friday, April 17, 2015 For more details, visit this page.

At-home brain stimulation gaining followers

Core’s Dr. Peter Reiner featured in an article by Science News on DIY ‘head zappers’. Read more here.

Neuroethics Down-Under 2014

Neuroethics Down-Under 2014: neuroscience and society in the 21st Century December 10 -11, 2014 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre $110 ($55 students); public event, day 1: free Advances in neuroscience are set to transform our understanding of human cognition and behaviour. They may change how we treat people with behavioural or psychiatric disorders and challenge […]

Podcast: The validity of tests to diagnose Alzheimer’s (La validité des tests pour diagnostiquer l’Alzheimer)

Core’s Dr. Julie Robillard interviewed on online health info for Alzheimer at CBC’s Phare Ouest on Thursday, September 18, 2014. Click here to listen. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/phare_ouest/2014-2015/archives.asp?date=2014-09-18

Money and Morals : Ending Clinical Trials for Financial Reasons

Margaret L. Eaton, Brian K. Kwon and Christopher Thomas Scott on clinical trials and research ethics in the article Money and Morals : Ending Clinical Trials for Financial Reasons at Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 2014.

Considering the Ethical Implications of Cognitive Enhancement

“Cognitive enhancement is more complicated than it seems at first blush…” – Core’s Dr. Peter Reiner on the ethical implications of cognitive enhancement at the recent Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Meeting (Aug 20, 2014). Click here to read the full summary of the session, Ethical Considerations in Cognitive Enhancement.

Ethical Considerations in Cognitive Enhancement

UPDATE: For a summary of this session, please visit: http://blog.bioethics.gov/2014/08/20/considering-the-ethical-implications-of-cognitive-enhancement/ We invite you to hear Core’s Dr. Peter B. Reiner speak on the Ethical Considerations in Cognitive Enhancement at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Meeting: 9:15AM -10:30 AM (EDT) Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues […]