Journal
NEUROETHICS
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 541-578Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-011-9132-6
Keywords
Brain-computer interfaces; Brain-machine interfaces; Neuroethics; Neuroimaging; Locked-in syndrome
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- Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
- Information and Communication Technologies Coordination and Support action FutureBNCI [ICT- 2010-248320]
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Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) research and (future) applications raise important ethical issues that need to be addressed to promote societal acceptance and adequate policies. Here we report on a survey we conducted among 145 BCI researchers at the 4(th) International BCI conference, which took place in May-June 2010 in Asilomar, California. We assessed respondents' opinions about a number of topics. First, we investigated preferences for terminology and definitions relating to BCIs. Second, we assessed respondents' expectations on the marketability of different BCI applications (BCIs for healthy people, BCIs for assistive technology, BCIs-controlled neuroprostheses and BCIs as therapy tools). Third, we investigated opinions about ethical issues related to BCI research for the development of assistive technology: informed consent process with locked-in patients, risk-benefit analyses, team responsibility, consequences of BCI on patients' and families' lives, liability and personal identity and interaction with the media. Finally, we asked respondents which issues are urgent in BCI research.
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