Ethical Issues in BCI Research

Brain-Computer Interfaces: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schneider, Mary Jane ^a,b   Fins, Joseph J ^c   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Belmont report; Beneficence; Brain computer interface research; Justice; Modern human research; Respect for persons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388855.003.0024     Document Type: Chapter

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