Racine Eric, Bar-Ilan Ofek, Illes Judy
Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Sci Commun. 2006 Sep;28(1):122-142. doi: 10.1177/1075547006291990.
Advances in neuroscience are increasingly intersecting with issues of ethical, legal, and social interest. This study is an analysis of press coverage of an advanced technology for brain imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, that has gained significant public visibility over the past ten years. Discussion of issues of scientific validity and interpretation dominated over ethical content in both the popular and specialized press. Coverage of research on higher order cognitive phenomena specifically attributed broad personal and societal meaning to neuroimages. The authors conclude that neuroscience provides an ideal model for exploring science communication and ethics in a multicultural context.
神经科学的进展日益与伦理、法律和社会关注的问题相互交织。本研究分析了媒体对一种先进的脑成像技术——功能磁共振成像的报道,该技术在过去十年中已获得了显著的公众关注。在大众媒体和专业媒体中,关于科学有效性和解释问题的讨论都占据了主导地位,而伦理内容则相对较少。对高阶认知现象研究的报道特别赋予了神经影像广泛的个人和社会意义。作者得出结论,神经科学为在多元文化背景下探索科学传播与伦理提供了一个理想的模型。