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NEUROSCIENCE AND THE LAW

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Neuroscience and the Law: Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice

Examines the legal issues raised by increasingly sophisticated neuroscientific discoveries about the human brain and by the use of new techniques to conduct those investigations. Topics addressed include "free will" and responsibility, predicting behavior, determining truth from falsehood, cognitive enhancement, and more. To order a copy, go to http://www.press.uchicago.edu, or call 1-773-702-7000.

Neuroscience and the Law: Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice, Summary Report

A 25-page summary of the issues and findings of a AAAS-Dana Foundation workshop on neuroscience and the law that formed the basis for the longer report. To download a copy (in pdf format), click here. For a free print copy of the Summary Report, contact Leticia Barnes at lbarnes@dana.org.

 





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