Laura Cabrera

Huck Early Career Chair in Neuroethics; Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Laura Cabrera

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Deep Brain Stimulation Brain Psychiatry Mental Health Enhancement Therapeutics Ethics Dementia Alzheimer Disease Affective Decision Making Hispanic Americans Paradigm Psychosurgery Technology Health Parkinson Disease Environmental Health Evidence Human Being Population Mental Disorders Research Personnel Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Depression

Most Recent Papers

Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease

Jaime Montemayor, Harini Sarva, Karen Kelly-Blake, Laura Y. Cabrera, 2022, Neuroethics

Jumping through the hoops

Laura Y. Cabrera, Maryssa M.C. Gilbert, Eric D. Achtyes, Aaron M. McCright, Robyn Bluhm, 2022, Psychiatry Research

The Interplay of Environmental Exposures and Mental Health

Aaron Reuben, Erika M. Manczak, Laura Y. Cabrera, Margarita Alegria, Meghan L. Bucher, Emily C. Freeman, Gary W. Miller, Gina M. Solomon, Melissa J. Perry, 2022, Environmental Health Perspectives

Addressing the disparities in dementia risk, early detection and care in Latino populations

Yakeel T. Quiroz, Michele Solis, María P. Aranda, Alicia I. Arbaje, Mirna Arroyo-Miranda, Laura Y. Cabrera, Minerva Maria Carrasquillo, Maria M. Corrada, Lucia Crivelli, Erica D. Diminich, Karen A. Dorsman, Mitzi Gonzales, Héctor M. González, Ana L. Gonzalez-Seda, Lea T. Grinberg, Lourdes R. Guerrero, Carl V. Hill, Ivonne Z. Jimenez-Velazquez, Jorge J.Llibre Guerra, Francisco Lopera, Gladys Maestre, Luis D. Medina, Sid O'Bryant, Claudia Peñaloza, Maria Mora Pinzon, Rosa V.Pirela Mavarez, Celina F. Pluim, Rema Raman, Katya Rascovsky, Dorene M. Rentz, Yarissa Reyes, Monica Rosselli, Malú Gámez Tansey, Clara Vila-Castelar, Megan Zuelsdorff, Maria Carrillo, Claire Sexton, 2022, Alzheimer's and Dementia

How Parkinson's patients in the USA perceive deep brain stimulation in the 21st century

Daniel Alfonso, Laura Y. Cabrera, Christos Sidiropoulos, Fei Wang, Harini Sarva, 2022, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience on p. 20-26

Context-Dependent Risk & Benefit Sensitivity Mediate Judgments About Cognitive Enhancement

Kiante Fernandez, Roy Hamilton, Laura Cabrera, John Dominic Medaglia, 2022, AJOB Neuroscience on p. 73-77

Self-implant ambiguity? Understanding self-related changes in deep brain stimulation

Robyn Bluhm, Laura Y. Cabrera, 2022, Philosophical Explorations

Neurologists' Attitudes Toward Use and Timing of Deep Brain Stimulation.

Laura Cabrera, C Young Han, T Ostendorf, J Jimenez-Shahed, H Sarva, 2021, Neurology. Clinical practice on p. 506-516

They Affect the Person, but for Better or Worse? Perceptions of Electroceutical Interventions for Depression Among Psychiatrists, Patients, and the Public

Robyn Bluhm, Emily Castillo, Eric D. Achtyes, Aaron M. McCright, Laura Y. Cabrera, 2021, Qualitative Health Research on p. 2542-2553

It’s Not Just Counting that Counts

Robyn Bluhm, Laura Y. Cabrera, 2021, Neuroethics on p. 23-26

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

The re-emergence of psychiatric neurosurgery

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

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

Should DBS for Psychiatric Disorders be Considered a Form of Psychosurgery? Ethical and Legal Considerations

Devan Stahl, Laura Cabrera, Tyler Gibb, 2018, Science and Engineering Ethics on p. 1119-1142

Rethinking human enhancement

Laura Y. Cabrera, 2015,

Ethics of digital mental health during COVID-19: Crisis and opportunities

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

Understanding public (mis)understanding of tDCS for enhancement

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