Connectionists: Essex BCI-NE Webinar 5 February: Prof Guilherme Maia de Oliveira Wood

[Matran-Fernandez, Ana]

[cid:image001.png at 01DB7623.3CFA9670]
https://www.linkedin.com/company/essex-bcine-lab/

The Essex BCI-NE Lab invites you to join our next monthly webinar:
Safeguarding Mental Privacy in Neuroscience: Societal, Legal, and Ethical Challenges
Delivered by
Prof Guilherme Wood
(University of Graz)

The webinar will take place over Zoom on Wednesday, 5th February 2015, at 2pm UK time
Zoom meeting ID: 951 4252 7888
Password: 448521

Abstract: Recent advancements in (neuro)technological innovations have significantly increased the accessibility and utilization of neurotechnologies (NT), enabling the recording, analysis, and modification of brain activity through neurotechnological devices. While these technologies were initially developed exclusively for clinical applications, they are now gaining popularity among healthy individuals seeking to enhance their cognitive or physical abilities. Consumer-grade neurotechnological devices can be purchased and operated by non-experts without supervision in various contexts, including work, education, and entertainment.
This growing trend presents numerous unresolved questions and potential risks related to data security, privacy, and neuropsychological, ethical, and societal concerns. In response, the Neurorights Foundation (NRF) was established in 2017 to explore these challenges, foster public awareness, and promote discussions on these issues. This talk will examine the NRF's claims and proposals, critically assessing the necessity of their advocated "neurorights." Following an interdisciplinary evaluation of these concerns, we offer recommendations and policy options to address them.

Speaker Biography: Guilherme Maia de Oliveira Wood is a psychologist and professor of Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging at the University of Graz (Austria). He graduated in psychology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, PhD at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany, and lives in Austria since 2005, working first at the University of Salzburg and since 2011 at the University of Graz.
His main interest is the development and validation of instruments for the neuropsychological rehabilitation, which are able to induce and direct neuroplasticity in brain-damaged patients. In his approach, neuropsychological rehabilitation is seen as a hierarchically organised and complex biohybrid system.  In the last years, his main focus is on the combination of different types of brain-computer-interfaces, digital technologies and virtual reality in rehabilitation programs. He is also engaged in improving the quality of psychological research with the aim to overcome the replication crisis and promote fair and rigorous scientific communication as well as guaranteeing an ethical and responsible use of neurotechnologies.


The Essex BCI-NE Lab webinars series takes place on the first or second Wednesday of the month over Zoom and our webinars are open to all. Speakers are invited to talk about their research for 45-50 minutes followed by a Q&A session/discussion.
Where speakers allow it, we record the talks and make them available to everyone on our YouTube channel. You can watch previous talks at: https://www.youtube.com/@essexbcis


Next speakers:

  *   Selina Wriessnegger (March 2025) - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y_B7AnAAAAAJ


If you don't want to miss our next webinars, please email amatra at essex.ac.uk<mailto:amatra at essex.ac.uk> to ask to be added to our webinars mailing list.

Best wishes,
Ana
------------------------
Dr Ana Matran-Fernandez PhD
Lecturer in Neural Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
University of Essex
Office: 5B.539
E amatra at essex.ac.uk<mailto:amatra at essex.ac.uk>

Email notices:
1) I sometimes write emails outside (your) working hours. Please don't take this as an indication that I require an immediate response - we simply may be working at different times.
2) Because of the daily high load of emails, I may take some time to reply to you. If it's important, I may take even more time, because I want to provide an adequate response. If it's urgent, I'll try to reply quickly and maybe just with a very short email. No disrespect, just trying to be efficient - I'd understand if you did the same.



------------------------
Dr Ana Matran-Fernandez PhD
Lecturer in Neural Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
University of Essex
Office: 5B.539
E amatra at essex.ac.uk<mailto:amatra at essex.ac.uk>

Email notices:
1) I sometimes write emails outside (your) working hours. Please don't take this as an indication that I require an immediate response - we simply may be working at different times.
2) Because of the daily high load of emails, I may take some time to reply to you. If it's important, I may take even more time, because I want to provide an adequate response. If it's urgent, I'll try to reply quickly and maybe just with a very short email. No disrespect, just trying to be efficient - I'd understand if you did the same.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/pipermail/connectionists/attachments/20250203/3c762867/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 200685 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/pipermail/connectionists/attachments/20250203/3c762867/attachment.png>