"How we want to go forward as a civilization:" Ed Boyden on the ethics of neuroscience

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Channel: Breakthrough · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Pioneering neuroscientist and Breakthrough Prize winner Ed Boyden discusses optogenetics, how to design a "monitor" for watching the brain's activity, and ethical issues raised by the new brain science.

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