APORTES DE LAS NEUROCIENCIAS PARA EL SISTEMA DE JUSTICIA It should come as no surprise that there are many areas in which breakthroughs in neuroscience, and neuroimaging in particular, have informed and will continue to inform the courts. Are there signs of brain activity following trauma even though a person is motionless and unresponsive? Is there a lesion that might explain a person’s sudden change in behavior and might serve as a mitigating factor at sentencing? By being able to peer inside the skull and observe both the structure and function of the brain, we can speak to questions like these with some confidence. There are many questions though, that despite all our technology and all our progress, we cannot readily address – at least not with the confidence that would be required to affect an individual’s criminal trial. ;-)
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:09:19 +0000
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