RT Article
T1 Ethical and Legal Implications of the Methodological Crisis in Neuroimaging
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 26
IS 4
SP 530
OP 554
A1 Kellmeyer, Philipp
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827972238
AB Currently, many scientific fields such as psychology or biomedicine face a methodological crisis concerning the reproducibility, replicability, and validity of their research. In neuroimaging, similar methodological concerns have taken hold of the field, and researchers are working frantically toward finding solutions for the methodological problems specific to neuroimaging. This article examines some ethical and legal implications of this methodological crisis in neuroimaging. With respect to ethical challenges, the article discusses the impact of flawed methods in neuroimaging research in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, particularly with respect to faulty brain-based models of human cognition, behavior, and personality. Specifically examined is whether such faulty models, when they are applied to neurological or psychiatric diseases, could put patients at risk, and whether this places special obligations on researchers using neuroimaging. In the legal domain, the actual use of neuroimaging as evidence in United States courtrooms is surveyed, followed by an examination of ways that the methodological problems may create challenges for the criminal justice system. Finally, the article reviews and promotes some promising ideas and initiatives from within the neuroimaging community for addressing the methodological problems.
K1 neurolaw
K1 Neuroethics
K1 Replication
K1 reproducibility
K1 neuroimaging
DO 10.1017/S096318011700007X