Stories by Marcello Ienca

Marcello Ienca is postdoctoral fellow at the chair of bioethics, Department of Health Sciences and Technology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). He is representative to the board of the international neuroethics society. Credit: Nick Higgins

Computing

Cambridge Analytica and Online Manipulation

It's not just about data protection; it's about strategies designed to induce addictive behavior, and thus to manipulate

March 30, 2018 — Marcello Ienca and Effy Vayena

Cognition

Preserving the Right to Cognitive Liberty

A new type of brain-imaging technology could expose—even change—our private thoughts

August 10, 2017 — Marcello Ienca

Behavior

Do We Have a Right to Mental Privacy and Cognitive Liberty?

The rapid expansion of neuroimaging and related technologies suggests that we'd better answer that question—quickly

May 3, 2017 — Marcello Ienca