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Publications of Nita A. Farahany    :chronological  alphabetical  combined  bibtex listing:

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Books

  1. Farahany, NA, The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology (2023), St. Martin's Press.
  2. Farahany, N; Cohen, I; Greely, H; Shachar, C, Consumer Genetic Technologies : Ethical and Legal Considerations, vol. 184 (2021), pp. 1962-1963, Cambridge University Press.
  3. Farahany, N, The Impact of Behavioral Sciences on Criminal Law (2009), Oxford University Press.

Papers Published

  1. Farahany, NA; Yuh, E, Neural Biometric Data, Privacy, and Enhancements: A Discussion with Dr. Nita Farahany, Professor of Law and Philosophy at Duke University, AI in Neuroscience, vol. 1 no. 2 (2025), pp. 61-65.
  2. Farahany, NA; Pilkington, J, Fiduciary AI for the Future of Brain-Technology Interactions (2025).
  3. Farahany, NA; Kennaway, J; Bösel, B, Die Wirkliche Gefahr Liegt in der Erosion der Autonomie: Ein E-Mail-Interview über Kognitive Freiheit und die Problematische Nutzung Neuronaler Daten, Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, vol. 17 no. 32-1 (2025), pp. 84-89.
  4. Farahany, NA; Grimm, PW, The Battle for Your Brain: A Legal Scholar’s Argument for Protecting Brain Data and Cognitive Liberty, Judicature, vol. 107 no. 3 (2024), pp. 44.
  5. Farahany, NA; Voigtlaender, S; Pawelczyk, J; Geiger, M; Vaios, EJ; Karschnia, P; Cudkowicz, M, Artificial Intelligence in Neurology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Implications, Journal of Neurology, vol. 271 no. 5 (2024), pp. 2258-2273.
  6. Farahany, NA; Thumma, SA; Weeks, E, By Statute or by Common Law? The Legal Determination of Death, American Journal of Bioethics, vol. 24 no. 1 (2024), pp. 1-2.
  7. Farahany, NA; Huang, S; Paul, U; Gupta, S; Desai, K; Guo, M; Jung, J, U.S. Public Perceptions of the Sensitivity of Brain Data, Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 11 no. 1 (2024), pp. 1-20.
  8. Farahany, NA; Magee, P; Ienca, M, Beyond Neural Data: Cognitive Biometrics and Mental Privacy, Neuron, vol. 112 no. 18 (2024), pp. 3017-3028.
  9. Farahany, NA, Neurotech at Work: Welcome to the World of Brain Monitoring for Employees, Harvard Business Review, vol. 101 no. 2 (2023), pp. 43-48, Harvard Business Review Press.
  10. Farahany, NA; Ligthart, S; Ienca, M; Meynen, G; Molnar-Gabor, F; Andorno, R; Bublitz, C, Minding Rights: Mapping Ethical and Legal Foundations of 'Neurorights', Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, vol. 32 no. 4 (2023), pp. 461-481.
  11. Farahany, NA; Benatar, M; Wuu, J; Andersen, PM; Bucelli, RC; Andrews, JA; Otto, M, Design of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tofersen Initiated in Clinically Presymptomatic SOD1 Variant Carriers: the ATLAS Study, Neurotherapeutics, vol. 19 no. 4 (2022), pp. 1248-1258.
  12. Farahany, N; Robinson, G, The Rise and Fall of the ‘’Warrior Gene’’ Defense, Science, vol. 371 no. 6536 (2021), pp. 1320 [doi].
  13. Farahany, NA; Ramos, KM, Neuroethics: Fostering Collaborations to Enable Neuroscientific Discovery, AJOB Neuroscience, vol. 11 no. 3 (2021), pp. 148-154.
  14. Farahany, NA; Greely, HT, Advancing the Ethical Dialogue About Monkey/Human Chimeric Embryos, Cell, vol. 184 no. 8 (2021), pp. 1962-1963.
  15. Farahany, NA, Proof of Vaccination Will Be Very Valuable — and Easy to Abuse, Washington Post (2020).
  16. Farahany, NA; Kennedy, RT; Garrett, BL, Genetic Evidence, MAOA, and State v. Yepez, New Mexico Law Review, vol. 50 no. 3 (2020), pp. 469-487.
  17. Farahany, NA, The Cost of Changing Our Minds, Emory Law Journal, vol. 69 no. 1 (2019), pp. 75-110.
  18. Farahany, NA; Greely, HT, Neuroscience and the Criminal Justice System, Annual Review of Criminology, vol. 2 (2019), pp. 451-471.
  19. Farahany, NA; Chodavadia, S; Katsanis, SH, Ethical Guidelines for DNA Testing in Migrant Family Reunification, American Journal of Bioethics, vol. 19 no. 2 (2019), pp. 4-7.
  20. Farahany, NA; Ramos, KM; Grady, C; Greely, HT, The NIH BRAIN Initiative: Integrating Neuroethics and Neuroscience, Neuron, vol. 101 no. 3 (2019), pp. 394-398.
  21. Farahany, NA; Greely, HT; Grady, C; Ramos, KM, Neuroethics Guiding Principles for the NIH BRAIN Initiative, Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 38 no. 50 (2018), pp. 10586-10588 [doi].
  22. Farahany, NA; Greely, HT, The Ethics of Experimenting with Human Brain Tissue, Nature, vol. 556 no. 7702 (2018), pp. 429-432 [doi].
  23. Farahany, NA; Oertelt, N; Arabian, A; Payne, S; Brugger, EC; Chorost, M, Human by Design: An Ethical Framework for Human Augmentation, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 36 no. 1 (2017), pp. 32-36.
  24. Farahany, N, Neuroscience and Behavioral Genetics in US Criminal Law: An Empirical Analysis, Journal of Law & the Biosciences, vol. 2 no. 3 (2016), pp. 485-509 [3578].
  25. Farahany, NA; Green, RC, Regulation: The FDA is Overcautious on Consumer Genetics, Nature, vol. 505 (2015), pp. 286-287.
  26. Farahany, NA; Chiong, W; Kim, AS; Huang, IA; Josephson, SA, Inability to Consent Does Not Diminish the Desirability of Stroke Thrombolysis, Annals of Neurology, vol. 76 no. 2 (2014), pp. 296-304.
  27. Farahany, N; Erlich, Y; Williams, J; Glazer, D; Yocum, K; Olson, M; Narayanan, A; Stein, L; Witkowski, J; Kain, R, Redefining Genomic Privacy: Trust and Empowerment, PLOS Biology, vol. 12 no. 11 (2014), pp. 1-5 [available here].
  28. Farahany, NA; Chiong, W; Kim, AS; Huang, IA; Josephson, SA, Testing the Presumption of Consent to Emergency Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke, Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 311 no. 16 (2014), pp. 1689-1691.
  29. Farahany, N, The Costs of Changing Our Minds (2014) [3596].
  30. Farahany, N, On Cognitive Liberty (2012).
  31. Farahany, N, Empirical Use of Behavioral Genetics and Neuroscience in Criminal Law, 2004-2010 (2012).
  32. Farahany, N, A Neurological Foundation for Freedom, Stanford Technology Law Review, vol. 2012 (2012), pp. 4 [available here].
  33. Farahany, N, Incriminating Thoughts, Stanford Law Review, vol. 64 (2012), pp. 351-408 [available here].
  34. Farahany, N, Searching Secrets, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 160 (2012), pp. 1239-1308 [available here].
  35. Farahany, NA, Introduction, in The Impact of Behavioral Sciences on Criminal Law (2009), pp. ix-xviii.
  36. Farahany, N, Cruel and Unequal Punishment, Washington University Law Review, vol. 86 (2009), pp. 859-915 [available here].
  37. Farahany, N; Bernet, W; Vnencak-Jones, C; Montgomery, S, Bad Nature, Bad Nurture, and Testimony Regarding MAOA and SLC6A4 Genotyping in Murder Trials, Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 52 (2007), pp. 1362-1371 [available here].
  38. Farahany, N, Foreword: The Impact of Behavioral Genetics on the Criminal Law, Law and Contemporary Problems, vol. 69 (2006), pp. 1-6 [available here].
  39. Farahany, N; Bernet, W, Behavioural Genetics in Criminal Cases: Past, Present and Future, Genomics, Society & Policy, vol. 2 (2006), pp. 72-79 [available here].
  40. Coleman, J; Farahany, N, Genetics and Responsibility: To Know the Criminal from the Crime, Law & Contemporary Problems, vol. 69 (2006), pp. 115-164 [available here].

Articles and Chapters

  1. Farahany, NA, Neurotech at Work, in The Year in Tech, 2024: The Insights You Need From Harvard Business Review (2024), Harvard Business Review Press.
  2. Farahany, NA; Sarbey, B; Thumma, SA, U.S. State Laws on the Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria, in Death Determination by Neurologic Criteria: Areas of Consensus and Controversy (2022), pp. 275-286, Springer.
  3. Farahany, NA, Neurolaw: A Conversation with Nita Farahany, in Conversations About Law (2021), Open Agenda Publishing.
  4. Farahany, NA; Giattino, CM; Kwong, L; Rafetto, C, The Seductive Allure of Artificial Intelligence-Powered Neurotechnology, in AIES'19: Proceedings of the 2019 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (2019), pp. 397-402, Association for Computing Machinery.
  5. Farahany, NA; Zacharias, R, The Legal Circle of Life, in Finding Consciousness: The Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law of Severe Brain Damage (2016), pp. 229-245, Oxford University Press.
  6. Farahany, N, Introduction, in The Island of Dr. Moreau (2014).
  7. Farahany, NA, Law and Behavioral Morality, in Evolution and Morality (NOMOS LII) (2012), NYU Press.
  8. Farahany, NA; Coleman Jr., JE, Genetics, Neuroscience, and Criminal Responsibility, in The Impact of Behavioral Sciences on Criminal Law (2009), pp. 183-240, Oxford University Press.

Other

  1. Farahany, NA, Congress Is Right to Want to Curtail Tiktok’s Power and Influence, The Guardian (2024).
  2. Farahany, NA, A Round-Up of 2022 Neurotechnology Advances, Volokh Conspiracy (2023).
  3. Farahany, NA; Corbyn, Z, We Need a New Human Right to Cognitive Liberty, The Guardian (2023).
  4. Farahany, NA, Provide a Résumé, Cover Letter and Access to Your Brain? The Creepy Race to Read Workers’ Minds, Los Angeles Times (2023).
  5. Farahany, NA, This Is the Battle for Your Brain at Work, Fast Company (2023).
  6. Farahany, NA, TikTok Is Part of China’s Cognitive Warfare Campaign, Guardian (2023).
  7. Farahany, NA, 'Cognitive Liberty' Is the Human Right We Need to Talk About, Time (2023).
  8. Farahany, NA, Human Values in a Digital Age, Science, vol. 382 no. 6670 (2023), pp. 523.
  9. Farahany, N, We Parents of Unvaccinated Children Need More Guidance, Washington Post (2022).
  10. Farahany, N; Robinson, G, Criminal Defendants Still Cite a ‘Gene for Violence.’ It Doesn’t Exist, Washington Post (2021).
  11. Farahany, N, The Extent of Employee Surveillance Is Greater Than You Know, Duke Magazine (2021).
  12. Farahany, NA; Greely, HT; Giattino, CM, Part-revived Pig Brains Raise Slew of Ethical Quandaries, Nature, vol. 568 (2019), pp. 299-302.
  13. Farahany, N, 3 Reasons Brain Science is Terrific and Terrifying, World Economic Forum (2016).
  14. Farahany, N, Can You Legally Consent to a Head Transplant?, Washington Post (2016).
  15. Farahany, N, New Year's Resolutions, Conservatism & Porn, Washington Post (2015).
  16. Farahany, N, Colleges Should Allow Students to Take Smart Drugs, Washington Post (2015).
  17. Farahany, N, Jurors Award $2.25M in "Devious Defecator" Case, Washington Post (2015).
  18. Farahany, N, Test for "Devious Defecator" was Unlawful, Judge Rules, Washington Post (2015).
  19. Farahany, N, Zapping the Brain, Washington Post (2015).
  20. Farahany, N, On 'Being a Dirty Old Man' and a Federal Judge, Washington Post (2014).
  21. Farahany, N, Reining in FDA Regulation of Mobile Health Apps, Washington Post (2014).
  22. Farahany, N, FDA Considers Controversial Fertility Procedure. What's at Stake?, Washington Post (2014).

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