{"id":30143,"date":"2025-04-08T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=30143"},"modified":"2025-04-08T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:30:06","slug":"neurorights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurorights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2- Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, the unstoppable advancements of neuroscience and neurotechnology have never been more evident. We will soon be able to utilize devices that can decode information in our brains, boost our senses, or modify our memories. When the time comes, it will make ethical boundaries and neurorights much more crucial in protecting our mental privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article to know more about neurorights. Be ready to answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-european-science-media-hub wp-block-embed-european-science-media-hub\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CCtikVFeQ2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciencemediahub.eu\/2023\/11\/08\/neurorights-do-our-brains-need-to-be-protected-by-legislation\/\">Neurorights: Do our brains need to be protected by legislation?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Neurorights: Do our brains need to be protected by legislation?&#8221; &#8212; European Science-Media Hub\" src=\"https:\/\/sciencemediahub.eu\/2023\/11\/08\/neurorights-do-our-brains-need-to-be-protected-by-legislation\/embed\/#?secret=FW4OHOMaAY#?secret=CCtikVFeQ2\" data-secret=\"CCtikVFeQ2\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>to blur the border between two things<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>Massive reliance on virtual communication technologies such as VR <\/em><strong><em>can blur the border between\u00a0desire and reality<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0and contribute to\u00a0isolating individuals\u00a0even more.<\/em>\u201d Use this phrase in a sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>when the bonds of solidarity break<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>And <\/em><strong><em>when the bonds of solidarity break<\/em><\/strong><em>, societies can easily collapse and are more susceptible to attacks.\u201d<\/em> Use this idiom in a sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>sense of agency<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>Neurorights are based on\u00a0fundamental human rights, but must go beyond them to effectively protect\u00a0the right to have a personality, the right to have a private sphere, to have a <\/em><strong><em>sense of agency<\/em><\/strong><em>, among other topics.<\/em>\u201d Use this phrase in a sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do we need legislation to protect our brains? Explain your insights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why are neurorights needed and what makes them so important?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the gaps in existing legislation of human rights? Can the EU&#8217;s privacy framework, including the EU AI act, accommodate neurorights?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can we achieve responsible innovation in neurotechnology?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How could new neurotechnologies governance alleviate risks of external manipulation, but also bring new opportunities such as mental empowerment?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2- Upper Intermediate&nbsp; Nowadays, the unstoppable advancements of neuroscience and neurotechnology have never been more evident. We will soon be able to utilize devices that can decode information in our brains, boost our senses, or modify our memories. When the time comes, it will make ethical boundaries and neurorights much more crucial in protecting our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,292,289,25,293],"class_list":["post-30143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-reading","tag-technology","tag-text"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neurorights | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neurorights | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2- Upper Intermediate&nbsp; Nowadays, the unstoppable advancements of neuroscience and neurotechnology have never been more evident. We will soon be able to utilize devices that can decode information in our brains, boost our senses, or modify our memories. When the time comes, it will make ethical boundaries and neurorights much more crucial in protecting our [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-08T12:30:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-08T12:30:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/phoneenglish\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phoneenglishes\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":124,\"caption\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"phone english blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/\",\"name\":\"Neurorights | phone english blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-08T12:30:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-08T12:30:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Blog\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74786b784a3d32102e60c20d61b651c3\"},\"headline\":\"Neurorights\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-08T12:30:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-08T12:30:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#webpage\"},\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"B2 - Upper intermediate\",\"First Certificate FCE\",\"Reading\",\"technology\",\"Text\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Homework\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/neurorights\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74786b784a3d32102e60c20d61b651c3\",\"name\":\"katie\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30144,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30143\/revisions\/30144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}