The Program Committee will review research abstracts based on the following criteria areas. We encourage authors to keep these criteria in mind when writing an abstract. The committee also offers several tips and general advice for writing an abstract, which can be found in each of the linked guides for empirical abstracts and for conceptual / theoretical / normative abstracts.
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Empirical Projects
- Problem – Clearly articulate a neuroethics problem giving rise to a research question that drives the work.
- Background – Include relevant background information, and engage with extant literature.
- Methods – Employ and clearly identify research and/or theoretical methods appropriate for the problem and questions raised, including information about sample, recruitment, and analytic strategy.
- Results – Clearly present results (or, where not yet available, hypothesized or anticipated outcomes) and engage with ethical implications.
- Importance – Identify the importance to neuroethics of any conclusions drawn from.
Conceptual / Theoretical / Normative Projects
- Problem – Clearly articulate a neuroethics problem giving rise to a research question that drives the work.
- Background – Include relevant background information, and engage with extant literature.
- Argumentation – Employ and clearly identify research and/or theoretical methods appropriate for the problem and questions raised.
- Conclusions – Clearly describe the conclusions and engage with ethical implications.
- Importance – Identify the importance to neuroethics of any conclusions drawn or arguments advanced.
Developed: May 2022
Minor edits: October 2025