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Autonomy, Trust, and Consent

Climates of Distrust in Medicine. 
Laura Specker Sullivan | Hastings Center Report 53(S2): S33-S38. (Open Access)

​​More Than Consent for Ethical Open Label Placebo Research. 
Laura Specker Sullivan | Journal of Medical Ethics 47: e7. 2021.
*Winner of the 2020 Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize for Healthcare Ethics Research for the North America Region.

Shared Decision-Making in Palliative Care: A Maternalistic Approach. 
Laura Specker Sullivan, Mary Adler, Joshua Arenth, Shelly Ozark, Leigh Vaughan | Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 11(2): Pre-Print 2021.

Trust, Risk, and Race in American Medicine. 
Laura Specker Sullivan | Hastings Center Report 50(1):18-26, 2020.

Relational Autonomy, Paternalism, and Maternalism. 
Laura Specker Sullivan and Fay Niker| Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 21(3): 649-667, 2018.

Trusting Relationships and the Ethics of Interpersonal Action. 
Fay Niker and Laura Specker Sullivan |  International Journal of Philosophical Studies 26(2): 173-186, 2018. 
*Runner-up for the 2017 Robert Papazian Prize

Relational Autonomy, Maternalism, and the Nocebo Effect (Open Peer Commentary). 
Laura Specker Sullivan and Fay Niker  |  American Journal of Bioethics 17(6): June 2017.

Dynamic Axes of Informed Consent in Japan.
Laura Specker Sullivan  |  Social Science and Medicine 174: 159-168, February 2017.

Medical Maternalism: Beyond Paternalism and Antipaternalism.
Laura Specker Sullivan  |  Journal of Medical Ethics 42(7): 439-444, July 2016​

Ethics of Digital Technology and Neurotechnology

Translational Neuroethics: A Vision for a More Integrated, Inclusive, and Impactful Field
Anna Wexler and Laura Specker Sullivan| American Journal of Bioethics - Neuroscience 14(4): 388-399. 2023.

Health and Digital Technology Partnerships: Too Close for Comfort?
Laura Specker Sullivan | Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics, edited by Carissa Veliz: C26.S1–C26.N8. 2022. 

Digital Wellness and Persuasive Technologies. 
Laura Specker Sullivan and Peter Reiner | Philosophy and Technology 34(4):413-424. 2021.

Neurofeedback as Placebo: A Case of Unintentional Deception? 
Louiza Kalokairinou, Laura Specker Sullivan, and Anna Wexler | Journal of Medical Ethics 48: 1037-1042. 2021.

​Special Section of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: "Feminist Approaches to Neuroethics," co-editor with Sara Goering. Volume 13, Issue 1, Spring 2020.

Ethics in Published Brain Computer Interface Research. 
Laura Specker Sullivan and Judy Illes  |  Journal of Neural Engineering 15(1):013001, 2018.

Four Ethical Priorities for Neurotechnologies and AI.
Rafa Yuste, Sara Goering... Laura Specker Sullivan, et al. (25 co-authors.) |  Nature 551: 159-163, November 2017.

Changing the Conversation: A Capabilities Approach to Disordered Consciousness (Open Peer Commentary). 
Christos Lazaridis, Laura Specker Sullivan, Peter Koch, and Sunil Kothari  |  American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 8(3): 149-151, October 2017.

Keeping Disability in Mind: A Case Study in Implantable Brain-Computer Interface Research. 
Laura Specker Sullivan, Eran Klein, Tim Brown, Matthew Sample, Michelle Pham, Paul Tubig, Raney Folland, and Sara Goering  |  Science and Engineering Ethics 24: 479-504: 2018.

Do Implanted Brain Devices Threaten Autonomy or the 'Sense' of Autonomy? (Open Peer Commentary).
Laura Specker Sullivan  |  American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 6(4): 24-26, November 2015

Beyond 'Communication and Control': Towards Ethically Complete Rationales for Brain Computer Interface Research.
Laura Specker Sullivan and Judy Illes  |  Brain-Computer Interfaces 3(3): 156-163, August 2016

Buddhist and Japanese Philosophy

Mistaken Compassion: Tibetan Buddhist Perspectives on Neuroethics.
Laura Specker Sullivan | American Journal of Bioethics - Neuroscience 13(4): 519-535. 2022.

​Empowering Skepticism: Neuroethics Engagement with Tibetan Buddhist Monastics. 
Laura Specker Sullivan | Frontiers in Communication 2021.

Insight and the No-Self in Deep Brain Stimulation. 
Laura Specker Sullivan | Bioethics 33(4):487-494, 2019.

Nishida Kitarō’s Kōiteki Chokkan: Active Intuition and Contemporary Metaethics. 
Laura Specker Sullivan | Comparative Metaethics: Neglected Perspectives on the Foundation of Morality, Colin Marshall ed. Routledge Press. 2019.

Pure Experience and Disorders of Consciousness. 
Laura Specker Sullivan | American Journal of Bioethics-Neuroscience 9(2): 107-114, 2018.

Have Your Momos and Eat Them, Too. 
Laura Specker Sullivan |  Science: 359(6373): 284, January 2018.

Neuroethics in Asia. 
Fukushi, T., Isobe, T., Nakazawa, E., Takimoto, Y., Akabayashi, A., Specker Sullivan, L. and Sakura, O. | The Handbook of Neuroethics, edited by Karen Rommelfanger and L. Syd Johnson. Routledge 2018. 

Uncovering Metaethical Assumptions in Bioethical Discourse Across Cultures.
Laura Specker Sullivan  |  Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 26(1): 47-78, March 2016

The Self-Contradictory Identity of the Personal Self: Nishida's Argument Against Kantian Pure Practical Reason.
Laura Specker Sullivan  |  Journal of Japanese Philosophy 2(1): 33-56, November 2014

Dogen and Wittgenstein: Transcending Language Through Ethical Practice.
Laura Specker Sullivan  |  Asian Philosophy 3: 221-235, June 2013

The Ethicist's Role in Science, Medicine, and Technology

Motivated Reasoning and Research Ethics Guidelines.
Laura Specker Sullivan | Journal of Applied Philosophy 39(3): 519-535. 2022.

Symposium in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics: "Race and Ethnicity in 21st Century Medicine," co-editor with Robert M. Sade. Volume 49, Issue 2, Summer 2021.
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Responsibility for Structural Racism in Medicine: Reflections and Recommendations from One Institution.
Laura Specker Sullivan, Dante Pelzer, Alexandra Rice, Yuri Karl Peterson, Robert M. Sade, Danyelle M. Townsend, Leigh Vaughan, Michelle Nichols, Nancy Zisk | Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 11(2): Pre-Print 2021.

What Does a Definition of Death Do? (Commentary)
Laura Specker Sullivan | Diametros 55: ​63-67, 2018.

Models of Engagement in Neuroethics Programs: Past, Present, and Future.
Laura Specker Sullivan and Judy Illes | Debates About Neuroethics: Perspectives on the Field’s Development, Focus, and Future, edited by Eric Racine and John Aspler. Springer, Advances in Neuroethics Series 2017.