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Sept. 25 and 26, 2008Fascinating neuroscience developments are changing how we perceive and understand the world around us. Many neuroscience discoveries have important implications for both law and government, particularly in detecting deception and visualizing mental illness, injury or disease. The U.S. Government is interested in potential uses for neuroscience, and the courts have begun to admit neuroimaging evidence at trial. This symposium considers the complicated intersections of neuroscience with government and law. Topics that may be included are:
• The current state of neuroscience and neuroimaging research
• Scientific and legal reliability standards for neuroscience research
• Neuroscience research and the "war on terror" - accuracy, privacy, national security, and the role of the state
• The legal implications of brain, mind, and person
• The Military Commissions Act and the admissibility of neuroscience evidence in tribunals
• Neuroscience and proof of mental illness, injury, and disease in criminal and civil trials
• Neuroscience and neuroimaging in death penalty cases
• Neuroscience and privacyKeynote Speaker:
Panelists:
- Professor Jay D. Aronson, Dept. of History, Carnegie Mellon University
- Professor Nita Farahany, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Professor Daniel Langleben, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
- Professor Jonathan Marks, Bioethics, Humanities and Law, Penn State University
- Professor Michael Perlin, New York Law School
- Professor Stacey Tovino, Drake Law School
Chaired by:
Questions? Contact Professor Jane Campbell Moriarty at moriart@uakron.edu or at 330-972-6796.
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