Question

3 Part Question:

What are some methods SCIENTISTS use today to study the brain?

What are some methods RESEARCHERS use today to study the brain?

What are the ethical concerns in connection with the methods used by SCIENTISTS and RESEARCHERS in biopsychology and the brain?

Answer 1

1)EctroEncephaloGram(EEG), MagnetoEncphaloGraphy(MEG),Computed Tomography(CT),Position Emission Tomography,Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography(SPCT),Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging(fMRI),Trans cranial magnetic stimulation.

2)EEG ,MRI and PET.

3)a) Issues of transparency.

b)Safety of neuroimaging i.e wether the database like genetic and disease information is protected or not.

c)Usage of smart drugs that enhance the brain activity by normal people which may lead to side effects in a long run.

d)Trancranial direct stimulation of brain of normal people.

e)Applying video games or faces on a screen instead of real social interactions.

f)courts, parole boards, immigration services, insurance companies and others will use these techniques prematurely.

g) Predictive neuroimaging Another ethical issue concerns the increasing use of

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans of adolescents considered at high risk of schizophrenia showed structural and functional abnormalities in certain areas .

h)Devlopment of uncanny robots may damage society.

i)Videogaming will b increased and affect the social interaction and studies of children.