The prominence of neuroscience in the public sphere has escalated in recent years,
provoking questions about how the public engages with neuroscientific ideas …

Law and neuroscience (sometimes neurolaw) has become a recognized field of study. The
advances of neuroscience are proving useful in solving some perennial challenges of legal …

Advances in neuroscience are increasingly intersecting with issues of ethical, legal, and
social interest. This study is an analysis of press coverage of an advanced technology for …

Participants in substance abuse research may be vulnerable for multiple reasons.
International research ethics guidelines and policy statements require that researchers …

With an ever-increasing understanding of the brain mechanisms associated with core
human attributes and values, there is an increasing public interest in the results of …

Genetic data has provided valuable insights into disease cause and risk as well as drug
discovery and development in neuroscience. For example, human genetics studies have …

There is growing evidence that dopamine replacement therapy (DRT) used to treat
Parkinson's Disease can cause compulsive behaviours and impulse control disorders …

Substance use disorders (SUDs) constitute one of the most prevalent, destructive, and
urgent public health problems facing American society today. According to the National …

The shift in the prevailing view of alcoholism from a moral paradigm towards a biomedical
paradigm is often characterized as a form of biomedicalization. We will examine and critique …

We are unlikely to stop seeking pleasure, as this would prejudice our health and well-being.
Yet many psychoactive substances providing pleasure are outlawed as illicit recreational …