A note on ethical aspects of BCI.
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.
Haselager
Pim
P
Donders Institute of Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University. Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands. w.haselager@donders.ru.nl
Vlek
Rutger
R
Hill
Jeremy
J
Nijboer
Femke
F
D001675:Bioethics; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003142:Communication; D003146:Communications Media / Q000941:ethics; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000628:therapy; D014584:User-Computer Interface