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Anticipating the Privacy and Informed Consent issues of the Neurotechnology Era

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EEGwomanIn con­junc­tion with the new Nation­al Geo­graph­ic pro­gram “Break­through: Decod­ing the Brain,” com­ing this Sun­day, Novem­ber 15, at 9 pm ET, I was asked to pro­vide my per­spec­tive on a very provoca­tive question:

What if sci­en­tists were able to implant or erase mem­o­ries? For some, like those suf­fer­ing from PTSD this could be life-chang­ing, or do you think this is sci­en­tif­ic inno­va­tion gone too far?

The ques­tion is very time­ly. [Read more…] about Antic­i­pat­ing the Pri­va­cy and Informed Con­sent issues of the Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Era