2016 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, CA, USA Accepted AbstractsMany thanks to the following individuals and organizations for supporting this year's abstract authors and presenters.
Abstract 2Poster Presentation AwardNeurodiversity in Neuroethics: A Case Study of Brain Stimulation for AutismJ. C. Sarrett [1], K. S. Rommelfanger [2,3,4] 1. Emory University, Center for the Study of Human Health; 2. Emory University, Center for Ethics Neuroethics Program; 3. Emory University, Department of Neurology; 4. Emory University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Abstract 3Poster Preview & $250 INS Travel StipendIntegrative Neuroscience to Define, Assess and Mitigate Recurrent Violent Behavior: Technical Issues, Neuroethico-Legal and Social ConcernsK. Herrera-Ferrá [1], J. Giordano [2] 1. Asociación Mexicana de Neuroética, Mexico City, Mexico; 2. Department of Neurology and Neuroethics Studies Program-Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA; Abstract 4Neuroethics Education: Assessment and Pilot Curriculum for Neurology and Neurosurgery ResidentsD. McAdams [1,2], J. Giordano [2,3] 1. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; 2. Georgetown University Medical Center; 3. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Abstract 5Poster Presentation AwardPain and the Developing Brain: Neuroethical Considerations in the Use of Neurotechnology in Pediatric Pain Research and CareC. Khadra [1,2,3], S. Le May [1,2], S. J. Friedrichsdorf [4,5], J. Giordano [6] 1. University of Montreal, Canada; 2. CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Canada; 3. McGill University Health Center, Canada; 4. University of Minnesota, USA; 5. Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, USA; 6. Department of Neurology and Neuroethics Studies Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA; Abstract 9A Connectionist Model of Implicit and Explicit Cognitive Processes and the Naturally Emerging Order of Mental Operations: An IntroductionJ. N. Habiger University of Washington - Seattle Abstract 11Psychiatric Deep Brain Stimulation: Recurrent and Neglected Ethical IssuesL. Y. Cabrera, R. McKenzie, R. Bluhm Michigan State University Abstract 12Poster Preview¿"Neuroensanchamiento"?: Perspectives and Terms in the Latin American and Spanish Literature Regarding NeuroenhancementC. Colón-Ortiz, L. Y. Cabrera Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University; Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Michigan State University; Abstract 15Ethical Implications Associated with the Comprehension of Legal Language and ConceptsJ. A. Wszalek University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract 16Poster Presentation AwardAn Empirical Analysis of Judicial Plea Colloquies: Ethical ConcernsJ. A. Wszalek, L. S.Turkstra University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract 21The Project of Neuroethics: Building a Firm FoundationJ. Beauregard Rivier University, Nashua, NH, USA Abstract 22Made in His Image: Neuroethics, Social Re-Creation, and the Cultural Projection of Robotics TechnologiesD. Larrivee [1,2], J. Beauregard [3] 1. Loyola University Chicago; 2. International Association Catholic Bioethicists; 3. Rivier College-New Hampshire Abstract 23Design as Technology: Ethical Narratives in the Reappraisal of Applied NeuroscienceL. Echarte [1], D. Larrivee [2,3] 1. University of Navarra-Pamplona, Spain; 2. Loyola University Chicago; 3. International Association Catholic Bioethicists; Abstract 24Dematerialization and the Infosphere: Ethical Reflections on Performative Neurotransformation in a Virtual WorldD. Larrivee [1,2], L. Echarte [3] 1. Loyola University Chicago; 2. International Association Catholic Bioethicists; 3. University of Navarra School of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain; Abstract 25Poster Preview; Poster Presentation AwardIn the Absence of Reason: Ethical Reflections on Predictive Brain Implants and Self-OwnershipJ. Larrivee [1], A. Canadas [1], D. Larrivee [2] 1. Mount St Mary's University, Emmitsburg, Maryland; 3. Loyola University Chicago; Abstract 26Systems or Symbiosis: Engineers Only? Ethical Appraisal at the Intersection of Neuro-Systems ConvergenceA. Larrivee [1], D. Larrivee [2,3] 1. Catholic University of America-Washington, DC; 2. Loyola University Chicago; 3. International Association Catholic Bioethicists; Abstract 27Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Design: Ethical Appraisal of Value Inserting AutomationD. Larrivee [1,2], M. Farisco [3] 1. Loyola University Chicago; 2. International Association Catholic Bioethicists; 3. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Abstract 28The Computational Shift in Neuroscience: A Multifaceted Neuroethical AnalysisM. Farisco [1,2,3], K. Evers [1,2] 1. The Human Brain Project; 2. Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 3. Biogem Genetic Research Centre, Ariao Irpino (AV), Italy; Abstract 29Poster Presentation AwardA Penny for Your Thoughts: Valuation Underwrites Normative ChoiceJ. Haas Washington University in St. Louis Abstract 30Publish or Perish – or Dope?S. P. Mann [1], P. de Lora Deltoro [2], T. I. Cochrane [3,4], C. Mitchell [3] 1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge; 2. Departments of Public Law and Jurisprudence, Autonomous University of Madrid, 3. Center for Bioethics, Harvard University, 4. Department of Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital; Abstract 32Poster Presentation AwardEthical Considerations Towards Disclosure of Individual Results in Observational Studies for Cognitive DeclineS. Gauthier [1,3], M. Masellis [2], J. DeChamplain [3] on behalf of the CCNA ELSI Committee 1. McGill Center for Studies in Aging, Douglas Mental Health Research Institute; 2. Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto; 3. Comité central d'éthique de la recherche du ministre de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Gouvernement du Québec; Abstract 33Re(current) Issues in Neuroethics: The Importance of Looking to the Past to Understand the FutureA. Wexler Department of Science, Technology & Society, MIT; Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of Pennsylvania; Abstract 34Poster Presentation AwardWho Actually Uses Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Technologies, and Why? A Study of Consumer Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Device UsersA. Wexler [1, 2], N. Fitz [3] 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 2. University of Pennsylvania; 3. University of British Columbia; Abstract 36Space NeuroethicsK. Tachibana Kumamoto University, Japan Abstract 37Assessing the Impact of Neurotechnology on the Legal SystemE. Fosch-Villaronga [1], M. Ienca [2] 1. Interdepartmental Centre for Research in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Law and in Computer Science and Law (CIRSFID), University of Bologna; 2. Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel; Abstract 38Oral Presentation & $250 IRCM Travel StipendIncorporating Ethics in Assistive Technology for Neurological and Elderly CareM. Ienca [1], F. Jotterand [1,2], R. Kressig [3], B. Elger [1] 1. University of Basel; 2. Regis University; 3. Felix Platter Hospital; Abstract 39Poster PreviewThe Catch-22 of CTE: Ethical, Legal, and Social ImplicationsL. S. M. Johnson Michigan Technological University Abstract 40Communicating About the Brain in the Digital EraJ. M. Robillard National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia Abstract 43Oral Presentation & $250 IRCM Travel StipendCommunicating Through a Brain-Computer Interface: An Innovative Approach to Assess Quality of Life in Patients with Severe Brain InjuryJ. Tung [1], K. N. Speechley [1], C. Weijer [1,2] 1. Western University; 2. Rotman Institute of Philosophy; Abstract 44Prescribing Stimulants for Cognitive Enhancement: A Case Report and Analysis of the Medical EthicsE. Cheung Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles Abstract 47Oral PresentationPatients' Shifting Goals Over the Course of Deep Brain Stimulation: Implications for Informed ConsentC. S. Kubu [1], S. E. Cooper [2], A. Machado [1], J. Vitek [2], P. J. Ford [3] 1. Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2. Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; 3. Center for Neuroethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Abstract 48Deep Brain Stimulation and Internal Health Locus of Control: Learning from Patients' WordsL. Sankary [1,2], C. Kubu [1,3], A. Machado [3], M. Karafa [4], P. Ford [1,3] 1. NeuroEthics Program, Cleveland Clinic; 2. Case Western Reserve University School of Law; 3. Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic; 4. Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic; Abstract 49Poster Presentation AwardAddicted and Attached: A Neglected Perspective on Neuroscience Research Linking Addiction and LoveM. Wonderly Princeton University Abstract 50The Neurobiology of Food Addiction and Its Implications for Obesity Treatment and Policy: Public and Patient PerspectivesA. Carter [1,2,3], A. Cullen [2], N. M. Lee [4], W. D. Hall [3,5] 1. Neuroethics and Society Program, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function; 2. School of Psychological Sciences and Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, Monash University; 3. University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland; 4. Neuroscience Interdepartmental Graduate Program, University of California, Los Angeles; 5. Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland; Abstract 51Using CRISPR to Create Animal Models of Neurological DisordersC. Plunkett Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Medical Center Abstract 53Ethical Issues in Democratized Online and Mobile Mental Health CounsellingK. Kreitmair Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Abstract 54Poster Presentation AwardPreliminary Report from the Animal Research Neuroethics Workshop at the University of PennsylvaniaA. Shriver The University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroscience & Society Abstract 55Poster Preview & $500 Travel StipendPublic Opinions on the Use of Neuroscience in Criminal Courts in TaiwanK. C.-C. Wu Department/Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Bioethics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital; Abstract 57Poster Presentation AwardResponsible Algorithmics: On the Ethics of Machine Learning in NeuroscienceP. Kellmeyer Intracranial EEG and Brain Imaging Group, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center, University of Freiburg Abstract 58Proportionality as a Guiding Principle for Regulating Invasive Neurotechnological Medical DevicesP. Kellmeyer Intracranial EEG and Brain Imaging Group, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center, University of Freiburg Abstract 59Ethics Representation in Professional Organizations in the Neurological SciencesT. Moses [1,2], J. Illes [2] 1. School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; 2. National Core for Neuroethics, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Abstract 61Persuasive Devices: From Paternalistic to Maternalistic Choice ArchitecturesL. Specker Sullivan [1,2], P. Reiner [1] 1. National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia; 2. Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering and Department of Philosophy, University of Washington; Abstract 62Poster Presentation AwardAt the Ethics Interface of Brain Computer InterfacesL. Specker Sullivan [1,2], J. Illes [1] 1. National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia; 2. Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, University of Washington; Abstract 63Oral Presentation & $250 INS Travel StipendNeuroethics in Practice: Designing Principles for Neural Engineering ResearchE. Klein [1,2,3], M. Sample [1,2], M. Pham [1,2], L. Specker Sullivan [1,2], T. E. Brown [1,2], P. Tubig [1,2], R. Folland [1,2], S. Goering [1,2] 1. Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2. Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 3. Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; Abstract 64Poster Preview; Poster Presentation AwardWhen Neuroethicists Become Labmates: Obstacles, Recommendations, and Metrics for SuccessT. E. Brown [1,3], M. C. Thompson [2,3] 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Washington; 2. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington; 3. Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, University of Washington; Abstract 65Teaching the Moral Foundations Theory Debate: Haidt, Greene and Churchland for the MBA CrowdM. DeWilde Grand Valley State University Abstract 67Poster Presentation Award"Organizational Neuroethics"? Reflections on the Risks and Promises of Organizational NeuroscienceJ. T. Martineau [1, 2], E. Racine [1, 2, 3] 1. Neuroethics Research Unit, IRCM; 2. University of Montreal; 3. McGill University; Abstract 68Person-Oriented Research Ethics: A Model for Research Ethics in PracticeM. A. Cascio [1,2], E. Racine [1,2,3] 1. Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM); 2. McGill University; 3. Université de Montréal; Abstract 69Poster PreviewCultural Conflict: Inuit Youth Suicide as a Challenge for Psychiatric EthicsW. Affleck, E. Racine Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal; McGill University; Abstract 70What Role Do Individual Benefits Play in the Ethical Assessment of Traumatic-Stress Research?W. Affleck, E. Racine Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal; McGill University; Abstract 71Are Predictive Brain Implants a Menace to Autonomous Decisions? Results From a First-in-Human StudyF. Gilbert [1 2], M. Cook [2, 3, 4], T. O'Brien [3, 5] 1. ARC DECRA Fellow, UTAS; 2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science; 3. University of Melbourne; 4. Neurology St-Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; 5. The Royal Melbourne; Abstract 73When a Patient Requests Off-Label Use of Neuro-Technologies for the Bioprediction of Cognitive Impairment, How Should a Physician Respond?M. L. Baum Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Harvard Medical School; Program in Neuroscience, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University; Harvard-MIT combined MD-PhD program, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract 75Poster PreviewDisentitlement as Discrimination: A Novel Project for Brain Science in the LawE. R. Murphy University of California, Los Angeles Abstract 76Assessing fMRI-Based Memory Detection: Can Personally Experienced Event Memories be Differentiated from Second-Hand Event Knowledge?T. E. Chow, A. J. Westphal, J. Rissman [1] University of California, Los Angeles Abstract 77Poster PreviewEthical Considerations for the Growing Use and Addictive Properties of Captagon in the Middle EastS. Welch [1], J. Kirkpatrick [2], N. Kabbani [3] 1. Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University; 2. The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University; 3. Molecular Neuroscience Department, George Mason University; Abstract 78Poster Presentation AwardEthics of First-in-Human Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's Disease Utilizing Nerve Growth Factor NeurosurgeryF. Ahmad University of Texas at San Antonio Abstract 79Poster Presentation AwardWhen Should Neurogenetics Mitigate Moral Culpability?J. B. Segal Harvard Medical School Abstract 80The Clinical Neuroethics InitiativeG. Palchik, T. Kushner, A. Yee Clinical Neuroethics Initiative, Program in Medicine & Human Values, Sutter Health, San Francisco, CA Abstract 81Community and the BrainN. Martinez Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics |