The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

General Articles

• Farah Martha J. “Emerging Ethical Issues in Neuroscience.” Nature Neuroscience 5 (2002): 1123-1129.
• __________. “Neuroethics: The Practical and the Philosophical.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 9 (2005): 34-40.
• __________. “Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of Cognitive Neuroscience: ‘Neuroethics’ for Short. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 19 (2007): 363-364.
• Garrett, Jennie M., and Stephanie J. Bird. “Ethical Issues in Communicating Science.” Science and Engineering Ethics 6 (2000), 435-442.
• Lucretius. “Does Neuroscience Refute Ethics?” Ludwig von Mises Institute. Entry posted August 24, 2005. http://www.mises.org/story/1893 (accessed April 29, 2009).

Free Will

• Soon , Chun Siong, Marcel Brass, Hans-Jochen Heinz, and John-Dylan Haynes. “Unconscious Determinants of Free Decisions in the Human Brain.” Nature Neuroscience 11 (2008): 543-545.

Moral Responsibility and the Law

• Eastman, Nigel, and Colin Campbell. “Neuroscience and Legal Determination of Criminal Responsibility.” Nature Reviews Neuroscience 7 (2006): 311-8.
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• Naylor, Edmund, Daniel Wood,  Sheheryar Kabraji, and Julian Savulescu. “Neuroscience, Ethics, and the Law.” Student BMJ 16 (2008):56-57. http://archive.student.bmj.com/issues/08/02/life/056.php (accessed April 29, 2009).
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• Sifferd, Katrina L. “Nanotechnology and the Attribution of Responsibility.” Nanotechnology Law and Business 5 (2008): 177-190.

Imaging of Moral Reasoning

• Cohen, M.X., A.S. Heller, and C. Ranganath. “Functional Connectivity with Anterior Cingulate and Orbitorontal Cortices during Decision-making.” Cognive Brain Research 23 (2005): 61-70.
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• Greene, Joshua D. “Why Are VMPFC Patients More Utilitarian? A Dual Process Theory of Moral Judgment.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11(2007): 322-323.
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• Hsu, Ming, Cédric Anen, and Steven R. Quartz. “The Right and the Good: Distributive Justice and Neural Encoding of Equity and Efficiency.” Science, May 23, 2008.
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• Koenigs,  Michard, Liane Young, Ralph Adolphs, Daniel Tranel, Fiery Cushman, Marc Hauser, and Antonio Damasio. “Damage to the Prefrontal Cortex Increases Utilitarian Moral Judgments.” Nature 446 (2007): 908-911.
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• Moll, Jorge, and Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza. “Moral Judgments, Emotions and the Utilitarian Brain.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11(2007): 319-321.

Detection of Truth and Concealment

• McKenna, Phil. “Can a Brain Scan Prove You’re Telling the Truth? New Scientist, February 10, 2007.

Detection of Belief and Bias

• Harris, Sam, Sameer A. Sheth, and Mark S. Cohen. “Functional Neuroimaging of Belief, Disbelief, and Uncertainty.” Annals of Neurology 63 (2007): 141-147.
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• Moll, Jorge, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, Fernanda Tovar Moll, Fátima Azevedo Ignácio, Ivanei E. Bramati, Egas M. Caparelli-Dáquer, and Paul J. Eslinger. “The Moral Affiliations of Disgust: A Functional MRI Study.” Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology 18 (2005): 68-78.

Public Media

• Brooks, David. “The Neural Buddhists.” New York Times, May 13, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/opinion/13brooks.html (accessed April 29, 2009).
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• Rosen, Jeffrey. “The Brain on the Stand.” New York Times, March 11, 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/magazine/11Neurolaw.t.html?ref=magazine (accessed April 29, 2009).
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• Tallis, Raymond. “Why Blame Me? It Was All My Brain’s Fault.” Times Online, October 24, 2007. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/a... (accessed April 29, 2009).
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• “All on the mind.” Economist, May 22, 2008. http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11402761 (accessed April 29, 2009).
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• “Smart drugs.” Economist, May 22, 2008. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11412603 (accessed April 29, 2009).

Updated April 2009