Internet-based brain training games, citizen scientists, and big data: Ethical issues in unprecedented virtual territories

Neuron

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 356-359

  Purcell, Ryan H ^a   Rommelfanger, Karen S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DATA BASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCIENTIST; SHORT SURVEY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKING MEMORY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECEPTION; ETHICS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEARNING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIVACY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; COGNITION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECEPTION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; PRIVACY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84929165086     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.03.044     Document Type: Short Survey

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