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Scaling Up Neuroscience – Responsible Research and the Big Brain Projects

Difficulty level
Beginner
Speaker
Duration
53:08
Topic

This lecture considers some of the key social and ethical issues raised by the ‘big brain projects’ currently under way in Europe, the USA, China, Japan, and many other regions. 

Topics covered in this lesson
  • Key social and ethical issues raised by the ‘big brain projects’
  • Ways in which the ethical issues of the 'big brain projects' can usefully be approached from the perspective of responsible research and innovation and the AREA approach - anticipation, reflection, engagement and action
  • Challenges of translation from the lab to the real world