Definition
Neuroethics is a relatively new field that covers topics concerning the social, legal, and ethical implications of neuroscience and addresses aspects of neuroscientific research.
Introduction
The field of neuroethics has been addressing issues of neuroscientific research for many years. In the past, many controversial topics have been researched; for example, in the early 1940s, prefrontal lobotomies were used to treat mental disorders. This procedure involved severing the frontal lobe from the rest of the brain in an attempt to ease symptoms, such as suicidal ideation, obsessions, and delusions. Experimentation during the 1930s and 1940s led to the infamous Nuremberg trials where criminals from the Nazi regime were punished for their crimes against humanity. Among other atrocities, their crimes included neurosurgical procedures such as lobotomies, experimentation on human participants without their consent, and other inhumane experiments....
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Kelly, A.L., Kazanas, S.A. (2019). Neuroethics. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_478-1
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