BRAINETHICS

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy (b. 1973 in Oslo, Norway) is a cognitive neuroscientist, trained in clinical and scientific neuropsychology. His work at Copenhagen Business School and Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Copenhagen, Denmark focuses on a range of different aspects within this area, including:

• neuroimaging
• neuroeconomics — preferences and decision making
• imaging genetics
• development and ageing
• consciousness
• modularity
• visual cognition
• evolution

The resulting interest in neuroethics stems from a speculation about the findings from these areas. Concerns about practical issues and especially ethical, folk-psychological and philosophical consequences of brain imaging have given rise to this interest. Together with Martin Skov he writes on a book (in Danish) on neuroethics.

TZR is also the managing editor of the Science & Consciousness Review, an online forum/journal reviewing the scientific study of the mind.

You can find out more about TZR on his homepage, on the CBS homepage and on the DRCMR homepage. You can also send him an email at thomasr AT drcmr DOT dk.