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Neuroethics & Law Blog
An interdisciplinary forum for legal and ethical issues related to the mind and brain.

  • "The Impact of Neuroimages in the Sentencing Phase of Capital Trials"
    Recently posted to SSRN (and forthcoming in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies): "The Impact of Neuroimages in the Sentencing Phase of Capital Trials" Michael J. Saks , Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law; N....

  • "The Future of the Law of Armed Conflict: Ostriches, Butterflies, and Nanobots"
    On Wednesday, the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute is hosting an online lecture that may interest some readers. The lecture will be based on this paper by Eric Jensen. See here for details.

  • Farah and Loftus Profiles
    CNN profiles Martha Farah here and Elizabeth Loftus here.

  • PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
    Last Edition's Most Popular Article: This Is Your Brain on Coffee, New York Times Well Blog In The Popular Press Heartbeat used to generate out-of-body experience, NewScientist Why Music Makes Our Brain Sing, New York Times Sunday Review How the...

  • PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
    Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That, New York Times In The Popular Press Oxytocin, the Love Hormone, Also Keeps People Apart, Scientific American WWII Drug: The German Granddaddy of Crystal Meth, Spiegel Online...

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