In a new paper, Dr. Tara White and Meg Gonsalves propose that human rights are deeply rooted in human brain science, which provides a novel evidentiary base informing the universality, scope, and content of human rights and their relationship to human dignity. Their paper, "Dignity neuroscience: universal rights are rooted in human brain science" published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on August 5, 2021 was also featured in a News at Brown article, "To advance human rights, consult neuroscience."