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function assessment techniques have become highly developed, lively discussions
are taking place concerning ethical issues related to ! findings obtained from human
brains, particularly in the novel research area of neuroethics [ 12 ] . Psychophysiology
researchers and practitioners, as experts who deal with the brain and emotional
problems originating from it, must continue to carefully discuss issues of their work
pertinent to medicine, education, law, engineering, and many other areas.
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