腦部掃描與法律(觀看完整世界科學節活動)

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腦部掃描是否可以檢測到刑事被告意圖的問題,讓警察、律師以及普通大眾都為之著迷。這可能仍然是一個理論問題,並且可能在很長一段時間內都是如此。

儘管如此,艾倫·阿爾達主持了一個專家小組,小組成員花費大量時間研究掃描器和犯罪意圖的問題。觀看這段來自世界科學節的會議,該會議於6月1日下午舉行。

小組成員包括:妮塔·A·法拉哈尼,杜克大學法學院的學者,研究生物科學的法律和社會影響;肯特·基爾,他積累了包含囚犯腦部掃描的最大資料庫;傑德·S·拉科夫,一名聯邦法官;以及安東尼·D·瓦格納,斯坦福大學的記憶研究員。


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Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at 大眾科學, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences. Stix has edited or written cover stories, feature articles and news on diverse topics, ranging from what happens in the brain when a person is immersed in thought to the impact of brain implant technology that alleviates mood disorders such as depression. Before taking over the neuroscience beat, Stix, as 大眾科學's special projects editor, was responsible for the magazine's annual single-topic special issues, conceiving of and producing issues on Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, climate change and nanotechnology. One special issue he oversaw on the topic of time in all of its manifestations won a National Magazine Award. With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed.

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