Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience

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.