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- Weaver Family Program established at VLS with $3.85 million endowment
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- BBC World Service: Neurolaw and Order
- How Should Justice Policy Treat Young Offenders?
- G2i Knowledge Brief
- fMRI and Lie Detection
- New Paper on Brain Activities During Punishment Decisions
- The Network Press Release
- What, Why and Where to Begin
- Network Overview Knowledge Brief
- Research Network on Law and Neuroscience Granted $1.4M in Additional Funding
- President’s Bioethics Commission Cites Multiple Works of the Research Network
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Featured Publications
- Harnessing the Power of Natural Selection: A New Publication from Prof. Owen Jones
- Goal-Directed Modulation of Neural Memory Patterns: Implications for fMRI-Based Memory Detection
- Coursebook:
Law and Neuroscience - A Primer on Criminal Law and Neuroscience
- Law and Neuroscience: Recommendations Submitted to the President's Bioethics Commission
- Court Review: Special Issue on
Law and Neuroscience - Neuroscientists in Court
- Law and Neuroscience
(Journal of Neuroscience) - Brain Imaging for Legal Thinkers: A Guide for the Perplexed
- Through A Scanner Darkly: Functional Neuroimaging as Evidence of a Criminal Defendant's Past Mental States
- Detecting Individual Memories Through The Neural Decoding Of Memory States And Past Experience
- Law and Neuroscience in the United States
Featured Media
- New Conference Videos from the Research Network
- Gideon Yaffe on Criminal Responsibility & Neuroscience (Yale Dean's Lecture)
- Anthony Wagner on Remembering and the Brain: Can Brain Scans Detect Memories?
- Laurence Steinberg, "Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy?"
- Martha Farah on "Law and the Brain"
- Owen D. Jones - Interviewed by Alan Alda, on Law and Neuroscience
By Topic:
Adolescent Development
- BJ Casey, “The Mind of the Adolescent,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Laurence Steinberg, “Peer Influence and Adolescent Behavior,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Laurence Steinberg, "Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy?" (2012)
- Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain (TED Talk) (2012)
- BJ Casey on The Developing Brain, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Laurence Steinberg on The Developing Brain, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Arizona State University: Adolescent Brains and Juvenile Justice (2011)
Brain Imaging
- Marcus Raichle, “What Is The Default Mode Network?” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Anthony Wagner, “Are There Memory Markers Inside the Brain for Familiar Places?” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Owen Jones on Law and Neuroscience: Will Brain Imaging Matter? (2012)
- Read Montague: What we're learning from 5,000 brains (TED Talk) (2012)
- The Dr. Geoffrey Aguirre Lab, Brain Imaging
Criminal Minds & Responsibility
- Owen Jones, “When Neuroscience Meets Criminal Law” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Stephen Morse, “The Limits of Neuroscience Evidence in Court,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Joshua Greene , “What Can Neuroscience Tell Criminal Justice About Behavior?” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- David Eagleman on The Brain and the Law: How Neuroscience Will Shift Blameworthiness (2013)
- Criminal Minds: Born or Made? -- NOVA on PBS (2012)
- Gideon Yaffe on Criminal Responsibility & Neuroscience (Yale Dean's Lecture) (2011)
- Stephen J. Morse on Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Read Montague on Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Dr. Adrian Raine on The Criminal Brain: How, Could and Should We Change It? (2009) and on ethical and legal implications of the violent brain (part 1, part 2, part 3) (2010)
Law & Neuroscience Generally
- Owen Jones, “When Neuroscience Meets Criminal Law” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Anthony Wagner, “How Neuroscience Could Improve Eye-Witness Testimony,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Models of the Mind: How Neuroscience, Psychology, and the Law Collide (2013)
- Owen Jones, “Lobes and Robes: An Introduction to Neuroscience for Judges” (Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference) (2011)
- Owen Jones on The value of studying the intersection of law and neuroscience (2011)
- The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Mark Frankel on The Brain on Trial: How Neuroscience Challenges the Law as We Know It (2011)
- Kavli Symposium -- The Brain on Trial: Neuroscience and the Law (2011)
- David Eagleman on The Brain and the Law (2010)[VLS1]
- Hank Greely on Law and Neuroscience (2008)
Memory & Lie Detection
- Anthony Wagner, “Are There Memory Markers Inside the Brain for Familiar Places?” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Hank Greely , “How Will Neuroscience Affect Views on fMRI Lie Detection?” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Memory in the Courtroom: Fixed, Fallible, or Fleeting? (2013)
- The Truth About Lies: Neuroscience, Law, and Ethics of Lie Detection Technologies Symposium (2012)
- Anthony Wagner on Mind Reading, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Anthony Wagner on Remembering and the Brain: Can Brain Scans Detect Memories? (2009)
Neuroethics
- Bill Newsome on Neuroscience for a New Age: How Brain Science Will Shape Our Future, Institute for Emerging Ethics & Technologies (2014)
- The Truth About Lies: Neuroscience, Law, and Ethics of Lie Detection Technologies Symposium (2012)
- Dr. Martha Farah on Living in a Neurosociety: A Neuroethics Overview (2009)
- University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroscience & Society
Violence
Steve Pinker and Josh Buckholtz discuss the neuroscience of violence on PBS special “After Newtown” (2013)
By Research Network Member:
BJ Casey
- BJ Casey, “The Mind of the Adolescent,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- BJ Casey on The Developing Brain, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
Morris Hoffman
Owen D. Jones
- Owen Jones, “When Neuroscience Meets Criminal Law” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Owen Jones on Law and Neuroscience: Will Brain Imaging Matter? (2012)
- Owen Jones, “Lobes and Robes: An Introduction to Neuroscience for Judges” (Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference) (2011)
- Owen Jones on The value of studying the intersection of law and neuroscience (2011)
- Owen Jones with René Marois on The Science Network’s The Science Studio (___)
Read Montague
- Read Montague: What we're learning from 5,000 brains (TED Talk) (2012)
- Read Montague on Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
Stephen J. Morse
- Stephen Morse, “The Limits of Neuroscience Evidence in Court,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Stephen J. Morse on Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
Marcus Raichle
Laurence Steinberg
- Laurence Steinberg, “Peer Influence and Adolescent Behavior,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Laurence Steinberg, "Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy?" (2012)
- Laurence Steinberg on The Developing Brain, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
Anthony Wagner
- Anthony Wagner, “Are There Memory Markers Inside the Brain for Familiar Places?” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- Anthony Wagner, “How Neuroscience Could Improve Eye-Witness Testimony,” Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (2013)
- World Science Festival: Brains on Trial (2013)
- Anthony Wagner on Mind Reading, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Anthony Wagner on Remembering and the Brain: Can Brain Scans Detect Memories? (2009)
Gideon Yaffe
Gideon Yaffe on Criminal Responsibility & Neuroscience (Yale Dean's Lecture) (2011)
By Organization:
MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience
- The Future of Law and Neuroscience Conference (2013) [hyperlink to youtube page with all conference videos once posted]
PBS
- Brains on Trial with Alda Alda (2013)
- Steve Pinker and Josh Buckholtz discuss the neuroscience of violence on PBS special “After Newtown” (2013)
- Criminal Minds: Born or Made? -- NOVA on PBS (2012)
World Science Festival
Santa Fe Institute
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain & Behavior
- Memory in the Courtroom: Fixed, Fallible, or Fleeting? (2013)
- Models of the Mind: How Neuroscience, Psychology, and the Law Collide (2013)
- Message from the CLBB Directors (2012)
TED
- Read Montague: What we're learning from 5,000 brains (TED Talk) (2012)
- Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain (TED Talk) (2012)
Cornell University
Emory University
The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Roger Brownsword, Neil Levy, & Sir Michael Rutter on Neuroscience, Responsibility and the Law (2012)
Future Tense
The Sackler Forum
- The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Anthony Wagner on Mind Reading, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Stephen J. Morse on Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Read Montague on Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- BJ Casey on The Developing Brain, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Laurence Steinberg on The Developing Brain, The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
- Morris Hoffman, Final Thoughts at The Second Raymond & Beverly Sackler U.S.A.-U.K. Scientific Forum: Neuroscience & the Law (2011)
Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
Yale University
National Science Foundation
Arizona State University
The Kavli Foundation
RSA
University of Pennsylvania
- Dr. Adrian Raine on The Criminal Brain: How, Could and Should We Change It? (2009) and on ethical and legal implications of the violent brain (part 1, part 2, part 3) (2010)
- Dr. Martha Farah on Living in a Neurosociety: A Neuroethics Overview (2009)
- University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroscience & Society
- The Dr. Geoffrey Aguirre Lab, Brain Imaging
The Science Network
- This is Your Brain on Law: Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (2008)
- This is Your Brain on Law: Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark, Amanda Pustilnik (2008)
- This is Your Brain on Law: Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark, Nita Farahany (2008)
- This is Your Brain on Law: Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark, Adam Kolber (2008)
- This is Your Brain on Law: Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark, Erin O’Hara (2008)
- This is Your Brain on Law: Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark , Panel Discussion (2008)
- Owen Jones and René Marois on The Science Network’s The Science Studio (DATE[VLS2] ?)
- René Marois on The Science Network’s The Science Studio (DATE[VLS3] ?)
The Legal Broadcast Network