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‘We should protect the intangible aspects of our mental worlds’
"Once we start seeing ourselves only in terms of data, we’ve reduced ourselves to something that can be bought and sold." Interview with philosopher and cognitive scientist Ophelia Deroy. Professor Ophelia Deroy (Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Munich Interactive Intelligence lab and University of London) is an expert in an interesting and relatively new domain: Neuro ...
Prof. John O’Keefe: ‘Politicians and researchers should think about AI regulation’
Interview with Professor John O’Keefe about the future of artificial intelligence in science and society. John O'Keefe, professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College in London (UK), was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014. He won the prize together with May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells ...
The use of non-invasive brain stimulation for mental health and more: ethics and EU regulation
As part of an international research consortium (the EU-funded STIMCODE project), senior researcher Dr Moritz Julian Maier and his team have just developed recommendations on EU regulation and a code of conduct regarding non-invasive brain stimulation techniques: electrically or electromagnetically stimulating parts of the brain. Much needed, because such techniques are being used more and ...
Edvard Moser: “Neuroscience is evolving at an accelerated speed”
Interview with Prof. Edvard Moser. On 12 October, the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), in collaboration with the International Brain Initiative (IBI) and the Kavli Foundation, organised a workshop at the European Parliament entitled "The International Brain Initiative – Shaping the future of globally coordinated neuroscience”. Keynote speaker was Prof Edvard ...
Jan Bjaalie on international brain research: “We are now in a critical phase”
One of its leading experts is Jan Bjaalie, Professor at the University of Oslo. He talks to us about his work bringing local brain initiatives together, the future of brain research, artificial intelligence and the challenges European neuroscience is facing. “Catalysing and advancing neuroscience research through international collaboration and knowledge sharing. Uniting diverse ambitions to ...