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I Know What You're Thinking Brain imaging and mental privacy

Author: Sarah Richmond; Geraint Rees; Sarah J. L. Edwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
ISBN: 9780199596492
Published In: August 2012
Format: Hardback , 288 pages
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A groundbreaking interdisciplinary work considering one of the major ethical concerns in neuroscience today, presenting views on mental privacy from philosophers, ethicists, and neuroscientists
Includes coverage of topics that have been the subject of much media attention, including the findings that people in a vegetative state can display evidence of conscious thought, and the application of neuroimaging evidence in the courtroom to establish the guilt of a suspect
Includes chapters from a range of specialists in their respective fields, demonstrating how mental privacy is an important ethical problem for a range of disciplines

Since the 1980s, MRI scanners have told us much about brain function and played an important role in the clinical diagnosis of a number of conditions - both in the brain and the rest of the body. Their routine use has made the diagnosis of brain tumours and brain damage both quicker and more accurate. However, some neuroscientific advances, in particular those that relate specifically to the mind have provoked excitement and discussion in a number of disciplines. One of the most thought provoking developments in recent neuroscience has been the progress made with 'mind-reading'. There seems nothing more private than one's thoughts, some of which we might choose to share with others, and some not. Yet, until now, little has been published on the particular issue of privacy in relation to 'brain' or 'mind' reading.

I know what you're thinking provides a fascinating, interdisciplinary account of the neuroscientific evidence on 'mind reading', as well as a thorough analysis of both legal and moral accounts of privacy. It brings together leading academics from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and law. The book considers such issues as the use of imaging to detect awareness in those considered to be in a vegetative state. It looks at issues of mental imaging and national security, the neurobiology of violence, and issues regarding diminished responsibility in criminals, and thus reduced punishment. It also considers how the use of neuroimaging can and should be regulated.

Providing a ground breaking exploration of how brain imaging technologies can throw light on our mental capacities, states, and acts, this is an important new book for psychologists, neuroscientists, bioethicists, philosophers, and lawyers.

Readership: Psychologists, neuroscientists, bioethicists, lawyers, philosophers of mind

1: Sarah Richmond: Introduction

Brain Imaging and Mindreading: Current Progress and Conceptual Questions
2: Susanne Shultz and R.I.M. Dunbar: The Social Brain Hypothesis: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Neurobiology of Social Behaviour
3: John Dylan-Haynes: Brain Reading
4: Tim Bayne: Mind Reading
5: Geraint Rees and Ryota Kanai: Predicting Human Behaviour from Brain Structure

Medical Applications of Mindreading through Brain Imaging
6: Adrian M. Owen: When Thoughts Become Actions: Neuroimaging in Non-Responsive Patients
7: Athena Demertzi and Steven Laureys: Where in the brain is pain? Evaluating painful experiences in non-communicative patients
8: Emily Borgelt, Daniel Buchman, and Judy Illes: Practitioners' Views on Neuroimaging: Mental and experiences in non-communicative patients
9: Brendan D. Kelly: Brain Imaging in Clinical Psychiatry: Why?
10: David Linden: Overcoming Self-Report: Possibilities and Limitations of Brain Imaging in Psychiatry

Criminal Justice and National Security: Brain Imaging in Criminal Trials and Defence
11: Colin Campbell and Nigel Eastman: The Neurobiology of Violence: Science and Law
12: Stephen J. Morse: Diminished Capacity, Neuroscience and Just Punishment
13: Jonathan D. Moreno and Sonya Parashar: National Security, Brain Imaging, and Privacy

Mindreading as a Threat to Privacy: Evaluating the Risks and Protecting Privacy
14: Sarah Richmond: Brain Imaging and the Transparency Scenario
15: Annabelle Lever: Neuroscience v. Privacy? A Democratic Perspective
16: Roger Brownsword: Regulating Brain Imaging: Questions of Privacy, Informed Consent, and Human Dignity
17: Sarah J.L. Edwards: Protecting Privacy Interests in Brain Images: The Limits of Consent.
18: Sarah J.L. Edwards and Geraint Rees: Conclusion

Edited by Sarah Richmond, Department of Philosophy, University College London, UK, Geraint Rees, Director, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK, and Sarah J. L. Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Research Ethics and Governance, University College London, UK

Contributors:

Timothy Bayne, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
Roger Brownsword, King's College London, UK
Athena Demertzi, University of Liege, Belgium
Robin Dunbar, University of Oxford, UK
Nigel Eastman, University of London, UK
Dr Sarah J.L. Edwards, University College London, UK
John-Dylan Haynes, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin University
Judy Illes, Centre for Neuroethics, Stanford University, USA
Dr Ryota Kanai, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , UK
Brendan Kelly, University College Dublin, Ireland
Steven Laureys, University of Liege, Belgium
Associate Professor Annabelle Lever, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva, Switzerland
David Linden, Cardiff University, UK
Professor Jonathan Moreno, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Stephen J. Morse, University of Pennsylvania Law School, USA
Adrian Owen, The Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Sonya Parashar, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Professor Geraint Rees, University College London, UK
Susanne Shultz, University of Oxford, UK