Don’t trust online tests for alzheimer’s disease: A new report says websites that offer diagnostic quizzes are unethical and prey on vulnerable older surfers

Dr. Julie Robillard quoted in Next Avenue on the credibility of online tests for Alzheimer’s disease. To read more, click here.

Most online tests for alzheimer’s disease fail on scientific validity, reliability and ethical factors

Dr. Julie Robillard quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the reliability of online tests for Alzheimer’s disease. To read more, click here.

Online self-tests for Alzheimer’s don’t work: Experts

Dr. Julie Robillard quoted in U.S. News and World Report on the credibility of online self-tests for Alzheimer’s. To read more, click here.

2013 International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting

2013 International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting November 7-8, 2013 San Diego, California For more information, please visit: http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/2013-annual-meeting

NeuroDevNet Fourth Annual Brain Development Conference

NeuroDevNet Fourth Annual Brain Development Conference September 29 – October 1, 2013 Sheraton Wall Centre 1088 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2R9 For more information, please visit: http://www.neurodevnet.ca/events/conference/2013

Deliberations on the Ethical Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Children

Deliberations on the Ethical Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Children A Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies September 19-20, 2013 Cecil Green Park House, UBC 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 Prescriptions for second generation antipsychotic drugs (SGAs) to Canadian children and adolescents with mental health disorders have skyrocketed in the past […]

Am I My Brain?

Am I My Brain? 7:00PM-9:00PM October 25, 2013 Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1 The Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies is pleased to announce an evening of dialogue about the impact of the growth in neurocentric thinking – the worldview that situates […]

Judy Illes: Ethical considerations for neuroscience

BrainFacts.org interviews Dr. Judy Illes on the ethical considerations for neuroscience. To read more, click here.

Interview with Dr. Hervé Chneiweiss on “Maladies du cerveau et questions éthiques”

Interview with Dr. Hervé Chneiweiss on « Maladies du cerveau et questions éthiques » at Radio-Canada Vancouver – Phare Ouest. (To listen, click here.) Dr. Hervé Chneiweiss is a Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies French Scholars Series Program – Visiting Scholar. Hervé Chneiweiss MD PhD is a neurologist and neuroscientist, studying molecular mechanisms involved in […]

Brain blast: DIY attempts at electrical brain stimulation to improve cognition are to get easier.

Nicholas S. Fitz and Dr. Peter B. Reiner’s recent paper1 on “do-it-yourself” brain stimulation mentioned in Nature’s This Week Editorials2 (Vol. 498 – June 20, 2013). To read more, click on the following: 1- The challenge of crafting policy for do-it-yourself brain stimulation, Fitz, N., Reiner, P., Journal of Medical Ethics, June 2013 2- This […]