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On September 17th, The McGovern Institute of Brain Research at MIT hosted a panel of scientists and legal experts associated with the documentary "Brains on Trial with Alan Alda." Topics discussed were issues brought up in the documentary. For instance, how might courts incorporate new developments in neuroscience, like fMRI lie detection, and should they?
The panel consisted of: Robert Desimone, Director of the McGovern Institute and the Doris and Don Berkey Professor in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Joshua D. Greene, the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, Nancy Kanwisher, the Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a founding member of the McGovern Institute, Bea Luna, the Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the Laboratory of Neurocognitive Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Stephen J. Morse, the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania.
For more videos and other content, go to: brainsontrial.com
On September 17th, The McGovern Institute of Brain Research at MIT hosted a panel of scientists and legal experts associated with the documentary "Brains on Trial with Alan Alda." Topics discussed were issues brought up in the documentary. For instance, how might courts incorporate new developments in neuroscience, like fMRI lie detection, and should they?
The panel consisted of: Robert Desimone, Director of the McGovern Institute and the Doris and Don Berkey Professor in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Joshua D. Greene, the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, Nancy Kanwisher, the Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a founding member of the McGovern Institute, Bea Luna, the Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the Laboratory of Neurocognitive Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Stephen J. Morse, the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania.
For more videos and other content, go to: brainsontrial.com
