Here is a neuroethics update from Stanford's Bi-Weekly Neuroethics Newsletter, courtesy of Dr. Judy Illes. Please send your neuroethics news and events for posting to illes@stanford.edu.

Media Articles
1. Brain-Injured Fireman's Recovery Takes Science Into a Murky Area: Ten years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute during a 1995 roof collapse, he suddenly experienced a partial, yet dramatic recovery. Neurologists discuss.
2. Scientists ‘read minds’ with brain scans: University College London researchers use recordings of brain activity to predict what people are seeing.
3. Brain scan ‘sees hidden thoughts’: Scientists say they can read a person's unconscious thoughts using a simple brain scan.
4. Curbing costs of medical scans: Laurence Baker, associate professor of health research and policy, is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle article on the rising costs of medical imaging.

Events at Stanford University
1. Monday, May 9, 2005, Title: fMRI Colloquium, Speaker: Golijeh Golarai, Time: 4:15pm - refreshments at 4:00, Location: Clark Center Auditorium
2. Thursday, June 6, 2005, Neuroethics Theme Group Meeting (Spring 2005)
Title: Neuroscience and Moral Agency - A Compatibilist Account (or: "How I learned to love determinism and still respect myself in the morning"). Speaker: William Casebeer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy, US Air Force Academy and National Security Affairs Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Time: 1:30-2:30pm, Location: Fairchild Building, D202, Open to all. Refreshments

Upcoming Conferences
1. Hard Science, Hard Choices: Ethical Questions & Public Policies For the Emergent Science of the Brain, May 10-11, 2005, Library of Congress and The Dana Foundation, Washington, DC
2. 7th Annual Updates on Dementia Conference: Translating Research in to Practice, May 16, 2005, Stanford University Medical Center, Fairchild Auditorium
3. VII Annual Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society: “Imagining the Work of the Brain – Neuroethics” Imagining the Work of the Brain - Neuroethics June 13-14, 2005, SANDHAMN HOTELL & KONFEREN,
4. 11th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Symposium: Exploring Ethics in Augmented Cognition Research, July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas

Journal Articles
Pickard JD and J Gillard. (5 May 2005) Guidelines reduce the risk of brain-scan shock. Nature 435:17.

Awards and Honors
Neuroethics Research Associate Scott Hartley was a finalist for the James Redford Award, an honor that is bestowed annually by the James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness. His paper "Organ Donation - The Ethics of Policy Choice" addressed the law and ethics of organ donation policy in the United States. Congratulations Scott!