Cambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 10/21/2004EAN 9780521830096, ISBN10: 0521830095Hardcover, 316 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cmLanguage: EnglishThe last 20 years have seen an explosion of research and development in the neurosciences. Indeed, some have called this first decade of the 21st century 'the decade of the mind'. An all-encompassing term, the neurosciences cover such fields as biology, psychology, neurology, psychiatry and philosophy and include anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics and behaviour. It is now a major industry with billions of dollars of funding invested from both public and private sectors. Huge progress has been made in our understanding of the brain and its functions. However, with progress comes controversy, responsibility and dilemma. The New Brain Sciences: Perils and Prospects examines the implications of recent discoveries in terms of our sense of individual responsibility and personhood. With contributing chapters from respected and influential names in neuroscience, law, psychology, philosophy and sociology, The New Brain Sciences should kick-start a discussion of where neuroscience is headed.List of contributorsPart I. Introductionthe new brain sciences Steven RosePart II. Freedom to Change1. Do we ever really act? Mary Midgley2. The definition of human nature Merlin W. Donald3. Consciousness and the limits of neurobiology Hilary Rose4. Mind metaphors, neurosciences and ethics Regine Kollek5. Genetic and generic determinism, a new threat to free will? Peter LiptonPart III. Neuroscience and the Law6. Human action, neuroscience and the law Alexander McCall Smith7. Responsibility and the law Stephen Sedley8. Programmed or licensed to kill? The new biology of femicide Lorraine Radford9. Genes, responsibility and the law Patrick BatesonPart IV. Stewardship of the New Brain Sciences10. The neurosciencesthe danger that we will think we have understood it all Yadin Dudai11. On dissecting the genetic basis of behaviour and intelligence Angus Clarke12. Prospects and perils of stem cell repair of the central nervous systema brief guide to current science Helen Hodges, Iris Reuter and Helen Pilcher13. The use of human embryonic stem cells for researchan ethical evaluation Guido de Wert14. The Prozac story John Cornwell15. Psychopharmacology at the interface between the market and the new biology David Healy16. Education in the age of Ritalin Paul CooperPart V. ConclusionConclusion Dai Rees and Barbro WesterholmReferencesIndex.
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