Laura Cabrera

Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics; Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Neuroethics

Laura Cabrera

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Psychiatry Brain Mental Health Ethics Therapeutics Neurosurgery Deep Brain Stimulation Canada History Germany Focus Groups Spain Health Policy Public Opinion Research Personnel Safety Parkinson Disease Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Neurosurgeons Psychosurgery Health Services Research Ethical Issues Stem Cells Group Enthusiasts

Most Recent Papers

Neurosurgeons perspective on the shift towards earlier use of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease

Paola Testini, Harini Sarva, Jason Schwalb, Samantha Barkan, Laura Y. Cabrera, 2021, Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management

Last Resort Interventions?

L. Y. Cabrera, G. R. Nowak, A. M. McCright, E. Achtyes, R. Bluhm, 2021, Psychiatric Quarterly on p. 419-430

Emergent neurotechnologies and challenges to responsibility frameworks.

Laura Cabrera, Jennifer Carter-Johnson, 2021, Akron Law Review

Attitudes toward use and timing of deep brain stimulation: a patient's with DBS perspective.

Laura Cabrera, S Mitchell, A Bender, E Tvedten, C Sidiropoulos, H Sarva, 2021, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery on p. 106553

Authentic Self and Last Resort

L. Y. Cabrera, C. Courchesne, M. Bittlinger, S. Müller, R. Martinez, E. Racine, J. Illes, 2021, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry on p. 141-161

International Legal Approaches to Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders.

J Chandler, Laura Cabrera, P Doshi, S Fecteau, J Fins, S Guinjoan, C Hamani, K Herrera-Ferrá, C Honey, J Illes, B Kopell, N Lipsman, P McDonald, H Mayberg, R Nadler, B Nuttin, A Oliveira-Maia, C Rangel, R Ribeiro, A Salles, H Wu, 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience on p. 588458

Beyond the Cuckoo’s Nest

Laura Y. Cabrera, Maryssa M.C. Gilbert, Aaron M. McCright, Eric D. Achtyes, Robyn Bluhm, 2021, Psychiatric Quarterly

The Need for Guidance around Recruitment and Consent Practices in Intracranial Electrophysiology Research.

Laura Cabrera, 2021, AJOB Neuroscience on p. 1-2

Challenges and Opportunities of Creating Conceptual Maps

Laura Y. Cabrera, Robyn Bluhm, 2021, AJOB Neuroscience on p. 187-189

Ethics of digital mental health during COVID-19

Nicole Martinez-Martin, Ishan Dasgupta, Adrian Carter, Jennifer A. Chandler, Philipp Kellmeyer, Karola Kreitmair, Anthony Weiss, Laura Y. Cabrera, 2020, JMIR Mental Health

Most-Cited Papers

Ethics of the electrified mind

Laura Y. Cabrera, Emily L. Evans, Roy H. Hamilton, 2014, Brain Topography on p. 33-45

Alzheimer's Disease in the Latino Community

Irving E. Vega, Laura Y. Cabrera, Cassandra M. Wygant, Daniel Velez-Ortiz, Scott E. Counts, Jose Abisambra, 2017, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease on p. 979-992

Neuroethics at 15

Kellmeyer Philipp, Jennifer Chandler, Laura Cabrera, Adrian Carter, Karola Kreitmair, Anthony Weiss, Coauthor Judy Illes, 2019, AJOB Neuroscience on p. 104-110

Reasons for comfort and discomfort with pharmacological enhancement of cognitive, affective, and social domains

Laura Y. Cabrera, Nicholas S. Fitz, Peter B. Reiner, 2015, Neuroethics on p. 93-106

Understanding public (mis)understanding of tDCS for enhancement

Laura Y. Cabrera, Peter B. Reiner, 2015, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Brain matters

Laura Y. Cabrera, Jordan Tesluk, Michelle Chakraborti, Ralph Matthews, Judy Illes, 2016, Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Empirical Support for the Moral Salience of the Therapy-Enhancement Distinction in the Debate Over Cognitive, Affective and Social Enhancement

Laura Y. Cabrera, Nicholas S. Fitz, Peter B. Reiner, 2015, Neuroethics on p. 243-256

Human–Animal Chimera

Laura Yenisa Cabrera Trujillo, Sabrina Engel-Glatter, 2015, Science and Engineering Ethics on p. 595-617

Visioneering and the Role of Active Engagement and Assessment

Laura Yenisa Cabrera Trujillo, 2014, NanoEthics on p. 201-206

The re-emergence of psychiatric neurosurgery

Laura Y. Cabrera, Merlin Bittlinger, Hayami Lou, Sabine Müller, Judy Illes, 2018, Acta Neurochirurgica on p. 625-635