Internet-based brain training games, citizen scientists, and big data: ethical issues in unprecedented virtual territories.

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Abstract

Internet brain training programs, where consumers serve as both subjects and funders of the research, represent the closest engagement many individuals have with neuroscience. Safeguards are needed to protect participants' privacy and the evolving scientific enterprise of big data.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Neuron

Title: Neuron

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-4199

ISSN (Print): 0896-6273

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 22 2015

Volume: 86

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Department of Pharmacology, Emory University, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: ryan.purcell@emory.edu.

[2 ] Department of Neurology, Emory University, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Center for Ethics Neuroethics Program, Emory University, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: krommel@emory.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S0896-6273(15)00268-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.03.044

PubMed ID: 25905809

SO-VID: 6cfdc8fa-9501-4d27-b4ec-8f41508991a2

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