May 2011
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nprfreshair:
Audio for Terry’s interview with...
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Anyone home? A few thoughts on (un)consciousness...
The image of Daphne the nymph changing into a plant while running away from Apollo to save her virginity, is often used to illustrate the vegetative state: the notion of being a responsive, conscious human being at one moment and not being one the next. We either are or we aren’t. The idea that once we are in a vegetative state, we are no longer ‘here’ has been assumed for a...
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'Duh' science: Why researchers spend so much time... →
I’m sure some of the stuff that goes on here induces a few ‘duh’ eye-rolls. How is it not obvious that drugs, depression and lack of sleep are bad for neurogenesis? Do we really need studies to tell us inmates have increased mental health issues after being released from prison, or that they are less likely to re-offend of they get a college degree while in prison. So why do...
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Terrorist ‘pre-crime’ screening system...
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My 2nd guest post over at the Neuroethics & Law... →
“Where in the brain is morality? Everywhere and maybe Nowhere”…CheckIt.
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All truth passes through three stages. First, it... →
This quote from Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 - 1860) highlights the journey science often takes and it is never more apparent as when it is being applied in the courts.
Can neurological evidence help courts assess criminal responsibility?
To answer this question, we must first specify legal criteria for criminal responsibility and then ask how neurological findings can be used...
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My 1st guest post over at The Neuroethics & Law... →
starting off nice & easy with a call for togetherness in research.
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File Under: Scope Lab Soundtrack.
You guys might...
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Q&A
neuropsycotic asked: I like how your posts link criminology and neuroscience. It makes it more interesting to study from a different point of view.
Thanks! What used to be an eclectic cross-disciplinary area of study is intrinsically related in my view.
and: some good neuroscience book you would recommend beside textbooks?
There’s so many. Here’s a starter list, if anyone else...
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Interested in Neuroethics and National Security?... →
This article – informed by science studies scholarship and consonant with the emerging enterprise of “critical neuroscience” – critiques recent neuroscience research, and its current and potential applications in the national security context. The author expresses concern about the subtle interplay between the national security and neuroscience communities, and the hazards of the mutual...
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La Résistance →
Suppose that advances in neuroscience suggest that human agents do not have free will, or that our attributions of personhood to one another are fictions generated by the brain, or that there is no good evidence for the existence of a “self” who is in control of our actions. Some commentators make a normative claim that we have to change the way we think about ethics since neuroscience reveals...
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Current Issues and Advances in Misinformation... →
Research that involves neuroimaging and other neuroscientific measurement techniques are promising for discoveries about the effects of misinformation on memory: They can provide glimpses into how different neurological processes underlie true and false memories. At the present time, however, it would be wise to err on the side of caution in the application of these findings. Although some...
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WatchWelcome to your neurons!
“I seem to spend ages talking about neurons, synapses, action potentials, connections,neurotransmitters, and different brain areas. But for all that, a lot of people don’t really know what a neuron looks like and where the connections are taking place. So it’s time to get back to basics. And that means a neuron (of course, things can get WAY more basic...
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Joy Over Osama: The Neuroscience →
Another article that doesn’t entirely live up to it’s grabby headline from the WSJ. The findings are legit, but it only references one older study from ‘06, when there are newer, fresher studies to support the point - which is that research shows that we are neurally wired (especially young men) to seek a form of justice against rule breakers and it strikes at our reward zone...
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Faced with the choice between hard time and the... →
Peter Moskos, Assist. Professor at John Jay College, has a new book contemplating this question that really examines an even more brutal issue at the core: the American punishment system.
My defense of flogging—whipping, caning, lashing, call it what you will—is meant to be provocative, but only because something extreme is needed to shatter the status quo. We are in denial about the brutality...
