"The Comparative Advantages of Brain-Based Lie Detection: The P300 Concealed Information Test and Pre-Trial Bargaining"
See the piece here by John Danaher, forthcoming in the International Journal of Evidence and Proof: Abstract The lie detector test has long been treated with suspicion by the law. Recently, several authors have called this suspicion into question. They... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): The Trouble With Brain Science, New York Times Opinion Pages In The Popular Press: Does Your Dog Feel Jealous, Or Is That A Purely Human Flaw? National Public Radio Shots Blog Smarter than a First-Grader?... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
PTSD Treatment and Large Scale Propranolol Trials
Emily Anthes discusses memory dampening here, including some helpful information about ongoing, large scale trials of propranolol to treat PTSD in those who already have it. Here's an excerpt (footnote omitted): Perhaps, researchers hypothesized, propranolol could weaken emotional memories if... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): The pill to banish painful memories—forget it!, Practical Ethics In The Popular Press: The Moral Hazards and Legal Conundrums of Our Robot-Filled Future, Wired The Trouble With Brain Science, New York Times Opinion Pages Scientists... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Tenure-Track Position at U. of Ottawa Faculty of Law
via Jennifer Chandler: The Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law invites applications for professorial positions. The Common Law Section invites applications for two tenure-track positions, commencing at the level of Assistant Professor. A more experienced... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
Interdisciplinary Conference on Love and Human Agency
via Agnieszka Jaworska and see the poster here: Download LHA Conference poster Love and Human Agency, an interdisciplinary research project supported by the John Templeton Foundation, is pleased to announce an interdisciplinary conference on Love and Human Agency, to be... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Is It Time To Redraw the Map of the Brain?, Neuroskeptic In The Popular Press: Discovery of new means to erase pain, Science Daily The pill to banish painful memories—forget it!, Practical Ethics Brain fog,... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"The Meaning of Chimpanzee Gestures"
"The Meanings of Chimpanzee Gestures" by Catherine Hobaiter & Richard W. Byrne has recently been published online in Current Biology Abstract Chimpanzees' use of gesture was described in the first detailed field study, and natural use of specific gestures has... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): I Had Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, New York Times Well Blog In The Popular Press: Zoo Animals and Their Discontents, New York Times Magazine You Would Rather Endure Electric Shocks Than Sit Alone With Your... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
New Neuroscience & Society Programs at Harvard and Stanford
In case you missed the announcements, see here and here. (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - June 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): In Defense of Brain Imaging, National Geographic In The Popular Press: I Had Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, New York Times Well Blog Should you read more because a neuroscientist said so?, The Neuroethics Blog Cool... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - June 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Considering How Neuroscience Could Influence Moral Decisions, Bioethics.gov In The Popular Press: In Defense of Brain Imaging, National Geographic Predicting Alzheimer's Disease: Potential Ethical, Legal, and Social Consequences, The Neuroethics Blog As Robotics Advances, Worries... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - June 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): 'Free choice' in primates altered through brain stimulation, Science Daily In The Popular Press: Rats Regret Making Bad Decisions, Study Finds, Time A computer just passed the Turing test — but no, robots aren't about... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - June 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Minds, Brains, and Mental Disorders
Thank you to Adam for the invitation to contribute to this online symposium. In the post below I ask the authors how their argument would apply in a legal context different from the ones considered in the book. In Minds,... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - March 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Francis X. Shen Source Type: blogs
Norms & Neurons (Amanda Pustilnik)
Michael Pardo and Dennis Patterson have written a Big Book, an ambitious book, on the relationship between neuroscience and law. Minds, Brains, and Law: The Conceptual Foundations of Law and Neuroscience is the book, or at least one of the... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - March 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Amanda Pustilnik Tags: Books Neuroimaging Recent Scholarship Science Source Type: blogs
