The Ethical Significance of Brain-Computer Interfaces as Enablers of Communication by Toma Gruica

“…The first treats them as medical devices warranting standard risk-benefit analysis, assessing safety, efficacy, and clinical outcomes.[2] The second framework situates BCIs within the emerging field of neuroethics, emphasizing concerns about privacy, cognitive liberty, data security, and the potential for manipulation.[3] Although previous work has already emphasized the ethical importance of BCIs in restoring communicative capacities, this paper develops the claim further by foregrounding what may be termed the ethical function of BCIs.[4] Their significance lies not just in enhancing particular interactions or reducing barriers, but in re-establishing the very possibility of communication, through which individuals assert their will, can participate in community, and be recognized as interlocutors. …”
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Elite Dynamics and Political Gamesmanship: Exploring the Modern Stage of Elitogenesis by Alexander I. Solovyev

“…However, their managerial competencies have not grown as much as the population as a whole, which sets the stage for decision-making and resource allocation to become more opaque. Clarifying the true effects of these changes on the dynamics of the ruling class as well as the interactions between the state and society presents a study challenge in this setting. …”
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Effects of prevalence and feedback in the identification of blast cells in peripheral blood: expert and novice observers by Wanyi Lyu, Jennifer S. Trueblood, Jeremy M. Wolfe

“…In the absence of feedback, observers adopted more liberal criteria and became more likely to classify an item as a target, producing a Prevalence-Induced Concept Change (PICC, Levari et al., Science 360:1465–1467, 2018). …”
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Metacontrast masking of symmetric stimuli. by Giulio Contemori, Marianna Musa, Carolina Maria Oletto, Stefano Vicentin, Luca Battaglini, Giorgia Cona, Marco Bertamini

“…Together, these results support both dual-channel and recurrent models of visual masking. Type B suppression reflects interactions between fast feedforward and slower feedback signals, while the presence or absence of early facilitation serves as an index of perceptual organization. …”
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Through the eyes of envy: how social anxiety fuel risky appearance management behaviors by Chen Yang, Xue Yang, Yan-Qian Liu

“…Study 2 (n = 99) directly manipulated envy and found that participants primed with envy were more prone to participating in non-routine AMBs than those in a neutral condition. …”
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