脑部扫描与法律(观看完整世界科学节活动)

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脑部扫描是否可以检测到刑事被告意图的问题,让警察、律师以及普通大众都为之着迷。这可能仍然是一个理论问题,并且可能在很长一段时间内都是如此。

尽管如此,艾伦·阿尔达主持了一个专家小组,小组成员花费大量时间研究扫描仪和犯罪意图的问题。观看这段来自世界科学节的会议,该会议于6月1日下午举行。

小组成员包括:妮塔·A·法拉哈尼,杜克大学法学院的学者,研究生物科学的法律和社会影响;肯特·基尔,他积累了包含囚犯脑部扫描的最大数据库;杰德·S·拉科夫,一名联邦法官;以及安东尼·D·瓦格纳,斯坦福大学的记忆研究员。


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Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at 大众科学, 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 大众科学'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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