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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Dev World Bioeth. 2008 Apr 25;9(2):57–64. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2008.00235.x

Table 1.

Coding Scheme and Definition of Codes Used in Neuroethics Database to Code Abstracts

Code Subcode Definition
Pillar I: Brain Science and the Self Discussions of and challenges to moral responsibility, decision-making, and free will as a result of neurotechnological developments.
Pillar II: Brain Science and Social Policy Legal or policy challenges, including privacy, legal consequences of behavior, unequal access to innovation, or health care disparities.
Pillar III: Ethics and Practice of Brain Science Research: Discovery Empirical studies of the human CNS.
Research: Intervention Studies of new forms of therapy for disease of the CNS, including drugs, devices and stem cells.
Clinical: Discovery Development and testing of new diagnostic procedures.
Clinical: Intervention Development and testing of novel therapeutics.
Beyond Clinical: Discovery Neurotechnology studies with a non-medical purpose, including lie-detection or neuromarketing.
Beyond Clinical: Intervention Pursuit of intervention based on non-research, non-clinical discoveries using neurotechnology.
Pillar IV: Brain Science and Public Discourse Public understanding of brain science; studies of media coverage and scientists-public interactions.