Anita Jwa

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• The OpenNeuro resource for sharing of neuroscience data ELIFE Markiewicz, C. J., Gorgolewski, K. J., Feingold, F., Blair, R., Halchenko, Y. O., Miller, E., Hardcastle, N., Wexler, J., Esteban, O., Goncavles, M., Jwa, A., Poldrack, R. 2021; 10

  View details for DOI 10.7554/eLife.71774.sa2

  View details for Web of Science ID 000712035100001

• The OpenNeuro resource for sharing of neuroscience data. eLife Markiewicz, C. J., Gorgolewski, K. J., Feingold, F., Blair, R., Halchenko, Y. O., Miller, E., Hardcastle, N., Wexler, J., Esteban, O., Goncavles, M., Jwa, A., Poldrack, R. 2021; 10

  Abstract

  The sharing of research data is essential to ensure reproducibility and maximize the impact of public investments in scientific research. Here we describe OpenNeuro, a BRAIN Initiative data archive that provides the ability to openly share data from a broad range of brain imaging data types following the FAIR principles for data sharing. We highlight the importance of the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standard for enabling effective curation, sharing, and reuse of data. The archive presently shares more than 600 datasets including data from more than 20,000 participants, comprising multiple species and measurement modalities and a broad range of phenotypes. The impact of the shared data is evident in a growing number of published reuses, currently totalling more than 150 publications. We conclude by describing plans for future development and integration with other ongoing open science efforts.

  View details for DOI 10.7554/eLife.71774

  View details for PubMedID 34658334

• Enhancing the developing brain: tensions between parent, child, and state in the United States. Journal of law and the biosciences Jwa, A. S. 2021; 8 (1): lsab017

  Abstract

  Recent technological advances in neuroscience offer a novel way for parents to nurture their children: altering brain activation to improve cognitive functions. Parental use and state regulation of cognitive enhancement will inevitably cause tensions between parent, child, and state. These tensions stem from three different but fundamentally related causes, namely minors' incompetency in making decisions about their own welfare, parental autonomy to make decisions about the upbringing of their minor children, and the state's interests in protecting minors' well-being. However, these tensions are not without precedents. The courts have frequently struggled to set the boundary of parental autonomy and to balance parents' rights, children's interests, and state's interests, and have accumulated extensive precedents in various contexts. This article reviews previous US court decisions in select contexts analogous to cognitive enhancement-medical intervention, education, and mandatory vaccination-and analyzes their implications for the use of cognitive enhancement on minors. This article will provide a useful guide for policy makers and researchers to identify and analyze issues regarding cognitive enhancement and to develop sound policies to ensure responsible use of this novel technology.

  View details for DOI 10.1093/jlb/lsab017

  View details for PubMedID 34188944

• Regulating the Use of Cognitive Enhancement: an Analytic Framework NEUROETHICS Jwa, A. S. 2019; 12 (3): 293–309

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s12152-019-09408-5

  View details for Web of Science ID 000493653500007

• DIY tDCS: a need for an empirical look JOURNAL OF RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION Jwa, A. 2018; 5 (1): 103–8

  View details for DOI 10.1080/23299460.2017.1338103

  View details for Web of Science ID 000434460500007

• Early adopters of the magical thinking cap: a study on do-it-yourself (DIY) transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) user community. Journal of law and the biosciences Jwa, A. 2015; 2 (2): 292-335

  Abstract

  Among currently available technologies, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is one of the most promising neuroenhancements because it is relatively effective, safe, and affordable. Recently, lay people have begun to build-or purchase-the tDCS device to use it at home for treatment or as a cognitive enhancer. The tDCS device is currently not covered by the existing regulatory framework, but there are still significant potential risks of misusing this device, and its long-term effects on the brain have not been fully explored. Thus, researchers have argued the need for regulations or official guidelines for the personal use of tDCS. However, until now, no systematic research on the do-it-yourself (DIY) tDCS user community has been done. The present study explores the basic demographic characteristics of DIY tDCS users as well as why and how they are using this device through a questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews, and a content analysis of web postings on the use of tDCS. This preliminary but valuable picture of the DIY tDCS user community will shed light on future studies and policy analysis to craft sound regulations and official guidelines for the use of tDCS.

  View details for PubMedID 27774197