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Articles we've written

How hiding my pregnancy on Zoom helped my career
Business Insider | May 24, 2021

A Skeptic’s take on Neuralink and other consumer neurotechnology
STAT News | April 7, 2021

The Trouble with Calling Health Care Workers "Heroes"
Boston Globe | April 10, 2020

Five ways to address the challenges of direct-to-consumer health products (with Steve Joffe)
STAT News | April 2, 2019

The new face of medical advice: the online pregnancy forum
Washington Post | July 10, 2018

Zapping their Brains at Home
The New York Times | July 22, 2016

Consumer Neurotechnology: New Products, More Regulatory Complexity 
The Neuroethics Blog | June 14, 2016

At Tribeca, 'Vaxxed' Gets Axed and Science Wins, for Now
Undark | March 27, 2016

Dialing up Your Brainpower: How should we regulate those mind-zapping gadgets that promise to boost your memory? 
Slate | December 18, 2015

Articles about our research

Window of Opportunity -- Science, Jan 19, 2022

Neuralink could bring people and machine together, sell private thoughts, disrupt smartphone industry—International Business Times, April 29, 2021
 
Neuralink’s monkey experiment raises questions from scientists and tech ethicist—Observer, April 13, 2021
 
Three visions of the future, inspired by neuroscience’s past and present—Science News, March 3, 2021
 
Can privacy co-exist with technology that reads and changes brain activity?—Science News, February 11, 2021
 
Showtime's 'Citizen Bio' takes a deep dive into the Wild West of biohackers' medical vigilantism—SyFy, November 2, 2020

Can zapping your brain really make you smarter?—JSTOR Daily, November 27, 2019

Are brain implants the future of thinking?—The Guardian, September 22, 2019

The flimsy promises of brain wearables—Axios, June 20, 2019
 
Do devices that monitor or zap the brain live up to their claims? – The Scientist, June 18, 2019
 
‘A cavalier approach’: Experts urge the companies behind brain wearables to rein in their claims—STAT, May 28, 2019
 
Direct-to-consumer neurotechnologies lack sufficient oversight, say researchers—The Ubyssey, March 29, 2019

Devices that monitor your brain and mental health might not actually work —Georgia Straight, January 25, 2019

Researchers call for oversight of burgeoning brain stimulation market —Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 2019

The Next Human: Brain and Body as Connected Devices—Massive Science, December 27, 2018

Women Fare Well in This Year's Round of NIH High-Risk Awards —Science, October 4, 2018

Meet the B.C. man who uses body-modifying technology to enhance physical capabilities —CBC, September 22, 2018

The Truth About Electrical Brain Stimulation  —Lifehacker, January 18, 2018
 
No, Cherry Tomatoes Aren’t an Israeli Invention —Ha’aretz, December 5, 2017
 
The Strange Victorian Fashion of Self-Electrification —BBC, February 15, 2017
 
Do DIY Brain-Booster Devices Work? —Scientific American, January 10, 2017
 
Students Zap Their Brains for a Boost, for Better or for Worse —NPR All Tech Considered, January 7, 2017
 
Non-Surgical Brain Stimulation Shows Promise, but Unknowns Remain —US News and World Report, August 30, 2016
 
Regulation of Brain-stimulating Devices Unclear as Popularity Grows in US —Voice of America, August 29, 2016
 
Do-it-yourself Brain Stimulation has Hidden Risks —Reuters, July 22, 2016
 
The Contentious History of the Cherry Tomato —Smithsonian, June 20, 2016
 
Who Invented the Cherry Tomato? —The Atlantic, June 14, 2016
 
Brain Stimulation and You: How Does it Work and Can it Really Juice Up Your Thinking Cap? —Medical News Daily, April 8, 2016
 
“Stimulus Plan?” —MIT News, December 18, 2015
 
“Weird World of Brain Hacking” —Wall Street Journal, November 10, 2015

Radio/Podcasts

Neurotech Pub Episode 7 – Neurotechnology Startups and the E Word; June 2, 2021

“Is Neuralink Ethical? Navigating Neuroethics with Dr. Anna Wexler,” -- NeuroscIQ educational YouTube channel, April 14, 2021

Neuroethics Today podcast: Direct-to-Consumer Neurotechnology (Season 2, Episode 3)
—Neuroethics Today, May 1, 2020

BBC Five interview with Stephen Nolan—BBC 5 Live, August 5, 2019

Anna Wexler: Stimulate your Brain? —Brain Inspired, November 29, 2018

DIY Diagnosis —Big Picture Science, August 29, 2016
 
Caution, May Backfire: Neuroscientists’ Open Letter to DIY Brain Hackers —WBUR, July 11, 2016
 
Who Invented the Cherry Tomato? —Gastropod, June 2016
 
DIY tDCS Podcast: Regulating tDCS —DIYtDCS, March 13, 2016
 
Electrical Brain Stimulation Moves from Lab to Home, Experts Wary —The Current, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), October 13, 2015

Television

Health Care Workers and “Heroes”—KTVU Oakland, April 22, 2020

Zapping Your Brain Into Gear —ABC Local News, February 16, 2017
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