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Neurolaw: Combining Neuroscience and Criminal Justice

November 22, 2017November 21, 2017 Brainfacts.org 4 Comments Addiction, Courtroom, Drug policy, Drugs, Eyewitness testimony, Jed Rakoff, Justice, Law, Memory, Memory consolidation, Neurolaw, Neuroscience, Prison, Rehabilitation

he number of U.S. judicial opinions citing neuroscience more than doubled in the seven years from 2005 to 2012, according to an analysis in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences.… Read more

Did You Know? Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

The Psychopathic Brain: Broken and Free of Blame

November 22, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 14 Comments Amygdala, Justice, Mona Sobhani, Neurolaw, Personality disorder, Psychopathy, Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

What is it about a cold-hearted psychopath that intrigues us so?… Read more

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