Publications

  1. Wexler A, Feinsinger A. “Ethical challenges in translating brain–computer interfaces", (2024) Nature Human Behavior, 8.

    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01972-y

  2. Dasgupta I, Klein E, Cabrera LY, Chiong W, Feinsinger A, Fins JJ, Haeusermann T, Hendriks S, Lázaro‑Muñoz G, Kubu C, Mayberg H, Ramos K, Roskies A, Sankary L, Walton A,  Widge AS, Goering S. “What Happens After a Neural Implant Study? Neuroethics Expert Workshop on Post-Trial Obligations”, (2024), Neuroethics 17, 22.

    DOI: 10.1007/s12152-024-09549-2

  3. Peabody Smith A, Feinsinger A. “Extending Patient-Centered Communication to Non-Speaking Intellectually Disabled Persons” online first, Journal of Medical Ethics.

    DOI: 10.1136/jme-2023-109671

  4. Levy L, Ebadi H, Peabody A, Taiclet L, Pouratian N, Feinsinger A. “Disentangling function from benefit: Participant perspectives from an early feasibility trial for a novel visual cortical prosthesis”, (2023), AJOB Neuroscience.

    DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2023.2257152

  5. Hitti F, Widge A, Riva-Posse P, Malone D, Okun M, Shanechi M, Foote D, Lisanby S, Ankudowich E, Chivukula S, Chang E, Gunduz A, Hamani C, Feinsinger A, Kubu C, Chiong W, Chandler J, Carbunaru R, Cheeran B, Raike R, Davis R, Halpern C, Vanegas-Arroyave N, Markovic D, Bick S, McIntyre C, Richardson M, Dougherty D, Kopell B, Sweet J, Goodman W, Sheth S, Pouratian N. “Future directions in psychiatric neurosurgery: Proceedings of the 2022 American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting on surgical neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders”, (2023), Brain Stimulation, 16:3.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.05.011

  6. Peabody Smith A, Pouratian N, Feinsinger A. “Two Practices to Improve Informed Consent for Intraoperative Brain Research”, (2023) Neurosurgery. 92:5. PMID: 36700725

    DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002336

  7. Peabody Smith A, Taiclet L, Ebadi H, Levy L, Weber M, Caruso E, Pouratian N, Feinsinger A. “‘They were already inside my head, to begin with’: Trust, Translational Misconception, and Intraoperative Brain Research”, (2022), AJOB Empirical Bioethics. pp. 1-14. PMID: 36137012

    DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2022.2123869

  8. Feinsinger A, Pouratian N. “What ethical issues need to be considered when doing research with patients undergoing invasive electrode implantation?” in Intracranial EEG for Cognitive Neuroscience, (2023) ed. Nikolai Axmacher, Springer International Publishing.

  9. Pham M, Pouratian N, Feinsinger A. “Engagement, Exploitation, and Human Intracranial Electrophysiology Research”, (2022), Neuroethics. 15:25. PMID: 36092452

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-022-09502-1

  10. Feinsinger A, Pouratian N, Ebadi H, Adolphs R, Andersen R, Beauchamp MS, Chang EF, Crone E, Collinger J, Fried I, Mamelak A, Richardson M, Rutishauser U, Sheth SA, Suthana N, Tandon N, Yoshor D, on behalf of the NIH Research Opportunities in Humans Consortium. “Ethical Commitments, Principles, and Practices Guiding Intracranial Neuroscientific Research in Humans”, (2022), Neuron. 110:2, pp. 188-194. PMID: 35051364

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.11.011

  11. Ho E, Murrilla A, Davis L, Iraheta Y, Advani S, Feinsinger A, Waterman A. “Findings of Living donation experiences shared on a digital storytelling platform: A thematic analysis”, (2022), PEC Innovation. 1.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100023

  12. Davis LA, Iraheta Y, Ho E, Murillo A, Feinsinger A, Waterman A. “Living kidneys donation stories and advice shared through a digital storytelling library: a qualitative thematic analysis”, (2022), Kidney Medicine, 4:7. PMID: 35755303

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100486

  13. Feinsinger A, Pham M, and Pouratian N. “The Value of Heterogeneity in Practices to Promote Ethical Research”, (2021), AJOB Neuroscience, 12:1, pp. 80-82. PMID: 33528338

    https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2020.1866116

  14. Farkas-Skiles CM, Feinsinger A, Pines R, Waterman AD. “Providers and Families Weigh in on Delays to Pediatric Kidney Transplant Wait-List Activation”, (2021), Progress in Transplantation. 32:1, pp. 41-48. PMID: 34894854

    https://doi.org/10.1177/15269248211064875

  15. Feinsinger A. “The Variation Problem”, (2021), Philosophical Studies, 178, pp. 317-338.

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-020-01433-y

  16. Feinsinger A & Friedell D. “Medicalization and Linguistic Agency”, (2020), Ratio, 33:12, pp. 232-242.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12264

  17. Campelia G & Feinsinger A. “Making Space for Feminist Ethics in Medical School”, (2020), HEC Forum, 32, pp. 111-124. PMID: 32221818

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-020-09403-x

  18. Feinsinger A. “The Semantic Lexicon and Analyticity”, (2012), UCLA Working Papers in Linguistics, Papers in Semantics, 16, pp. 51-68.

Media and Press

  1. “Neuroscience research to benefit to society” (2024), Nature. link

  2. “The Dana Foundation Launches Multi-Million Dollar Initiative to Align Neuroscience to Societal Needs” link

  3. Donahoo J. “UCLA receives $5 million grant to align neuroscience and societal needs”, April (2024), UCLA Newsroom. link

  4. Servik K. “Window of Opportunity: When surgery to treat neurological conditions lets researchers peer into the brain, ethical questions abound”, Jan. (2022), Science, 375:6578, pp. 257-259. link

  5. Sun A. “UCLA faculty help develop list of ethical principles for intracranial research”, Feb, (2022). The Daily Bruin, News, Science, Health. Link

  6. “Investigators make ethical commitment for neuroscience research in humans”, May, (2022). Medical Ethics Advisor, 38:5. link

Awards

Best Abstract, “Risks, Benefits, and Value: Patient-Participant Perspectives on Basic Intracranial Human Research”, International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting, 2021. Peabody Smith, et al.