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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 6, 977–982 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/nrn1808

International perspectives on engaging the public in neuroethics

Judy Illes , Colin Blakemore , Mats G. Hansson , Takao K. Hensch , Alan Leshner , Gladys Maestre , Pierre Magistretti , R|[eacute]|mi Quirion & Piergiorgio Strata

With an ever-increasing understanding of the brain mechanisms associated with core human attributes and values, there is an increasing public interest in the results of neuroscience research and the ways in which that new knowledge will be used. Here, we present perspectives on engaging the public on these issues on an international scale, the role of the media, and prospects for the new field of neuroethics as both a focus and a driver of these efforts.