June 2011
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Neuroscience and its Relationship to Anything →
“Social species create emergent organizations beyond the individual. These emergent structures evolved hand in hand with neural, hormonal, cellular, and genetic mechanisms to support them because the consequent social behaviors helped these organisms survive, reproduce, and care for offspring sufficiently long that they too reproduced. Social neuroscience seeks to specify the neural,...
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“It was after much thought that I decided to kill my wife, Kathy, tonight … I...”
– - David Eagleman referencing Charles Whitman’s suicide note - in the new Atlantic article The Brain on Trial where he discusses neurolaw, brain damage, free will and customizable/rehabilitative strategies in lieu of a ‘one-size fits all’ punishment. He suggests by making...
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You're a liar! Says a Russian A.T.M. →
Using voice analysis technology that that detects nervousness or emotional distress (possible cues that applicants applying for credit are lying) an ATM can use this information as a “statistical guide” in conjunction with other personal data, and would be used to make a decision of credit worthiness.
The machine scans a passport, records fingerprints and takes a three-dimensional...
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"Our biology has helped shape the social... →
A quote from Neuroscience and Counseling: Central Issue for Social Justice Leaders helps nail it in that if the often segregated disciplines of clinical & counseling psychology (much like their relationship with law, philosophy, and even sociology) and neuroscience don’t work together to not only consume, but developing research together, there is much to be lost in terms of advancing...
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Glias FTW!
ran2121 replied to your photo: Neurons make up only 15 percent of our brain…
I have recently started to take interest in neuroscience, and have found it so tragic that glial cells have been ignored. Glad you posted this. Thanks!
It would have been, but these guys are getting a lot of attention. In studies that looked at just neurons, they now go back and look at glias. We did. And at...
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davetrains replied to your link: The Red Bull BS defense
Could you expound upon “schematic thinking” and how it yields wrong decisions? Surely schemata are enormously powerful in a number of situations…is the case just overstated in their terminology?
Good question- the schematic thinking here “results from the brain’s attempt to use the parietal lobe - which usually...
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The Red Bull BS defense →
A Florida judge found man not guilty by reason of insanity in the suffocation murder of his 83 year old father in a case where the defense claimed that drinking Red Bull “contributed to his mental unbalance”.
The man will now be committed to a forensic psychiatric facility for about 6 months. So…. he…. can get some rest? Hmm, well punishment is a whole other topic....
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Freakonomics: How Advancements in Neuroscience... →
Oh, hey everybody. Looks like Freakonomics picked up a paper of one of my good friends, Adam Kolber, and that’s pretty cool. You recognize Kolber since he runs The Neuroethics and Law Blog. Important work. Go check it out.
