Neuroscience, Neuroculture, and Neuroethics: A Broad Overview (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783031740237)

James Giordano is the Pellegrino Center Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program, and Co-Director of the Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA. Dr. Giordano is also Senior Bioethicist of the US Department of Defense Medical Ethics Center and Visiting Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. His ongoing research addresses the mechanisms and treatment of neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders, and neuroethical issues arising in and from the development, use, and misuse of neuroscientific techniques and neurotechnologies in medicine, public life, global health, and military applications. He has authored over 350 peer-reviewed papers, 8 books, and 50 government reports in neuroscience, neuroethics, and biosecurity. He is Chair Emeritus of the Neuroethics Program of the IEEE Brain Project; and an elected member of the European Academy of Science and Arts.

Roland Benedikter is Co-Head of the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy; UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, Paris, France; and Ordinary Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Benedikter's research interests include big picture topics such as humanity, inter- and trans-disciplinary societal transformation, futures literacy, globalization & area studies, re-globalization and evolution of global institutions, glocalization, new human technologies, and man-machine convergence. He is author and editor of more than 300 publications and over 25 books on international and global strategic issues.

John R. Shook teaches philosophy at Bowie State University in Maryland, USA and Georgetown University in Washington D.C., USA. He has been a visiting fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University in Virginia, USA and the Center for Neurotechnology Studies of the Potomac Institute for Public Policy in Virginia, USA. Dr. Shook's primary research areas include philosophy of science, pragmatism, philosophical psychology, neurophilosophy, social neuroscience, moral psychology, neuroethics, and science-religion dialogue. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books and dozens of articles in academic journals.