Questions about the nature of self and self-consciousness are closely aligned with questions
about the nature of autonomy. These concepts have deep roots in traditional philosophical …

In 2005 the journal Neuron published Mayberg et al.'s (2005) pioneering study on deep
brain stimulation (DBS) targeting treatment-refractory major depressive disorder (MDD) …

Felicitas Kraemer draws on the experiences of patients undergoing deep-brain stimulation
(DBS) to propose two distinct and potentially conflicting principles of respect: for an …

This paper explores the impacts of neurological intervention on selfhood with reference to
recipients' claims about changes to their self-understanding following Deep Brain …

This article explores the notion of the dislocated self following deep brain stimulation (DBS)
and concludes that when personal identity is understood in dynamic, narrative, and …

Deep brain stimulation has been of considerable interest to bioethicists, in large part
because of the effects that the intervention can occasionally have on central features of the …

In this article, we engage in dialogue with Jonathan Pugh, Hannah Maslen, and Julian
Savulescu about how to best interpret the potential impacts of deep brain stimulation on the …

Informed consent is the practical expression of the doctrine of autonomy. But the very idea of
autonomy and conscious free choice is undercut by the view that human beings react as …

Brain implants, such as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which are designed to improve
motor, mood and behavioural pathology, present unique challenges to our understanding of …

Gilbert and colleagues are to be commended for drawing our attention to the need for a
sounder empirical basis, and for more careful reasoning, in the context of the neuroethics …