2009 Special Issue: A note on ethical aspects of BCI

  • Authors:

  • Pim Haselager;Rutger Vlek;Jeremy Hill;Femke Nijboer

  • Affiliations:

  • Donders Institute of Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University. Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands;Donders Institute of Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University. Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands;Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Dept. Schölkopf, Spemannstraíe 38, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Gartenstraíe 29, 72074 Tübingen, Germany and Department of Neuroengineering, Fatronik-Tecnalia, Paseo Mikeletegi 7, 20009, D ...

  • Venue:
  • Neural Networks
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper focuses on ethical aspects of BCI, as a research and a clinical tool, that are challenging for practitioners currently working in the field. Specifically, the difficulties involved in acquiring informed consent from locked-in patients are investigated, in combination with an analysis of the shared moral responsibility in BCI teams, and the complications encountered in establishing effective communication with media.