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Law and the Brain

Semir Zeki, Oliver R. Goodenough

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INTRODUCTION 1. Law and the Brain - an introduction INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 2. The neuroeconomic path of the law 3. How neuroscience might advance the law LAW, BIOLOGY AND THE BRAIN 4. Law and the sources of morality 5. Law, evolution and the brain: applications and open questions 6. A neuroscientific approach to normative judgment in law and justice NEUROECONOMICS AND LAW 7. The brain and the law 8. Neuroeconomics DECISION MAKING AND EVIDENCE 9. A cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding causal reasoning and the law TRUTHFULNESS 10. A cognitive neurobiological account of deception: evidence from functional neuroimaging PROPERTY IN BIOLOGY AND THE BRAIN 11. The property 'instinct' CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PUNISHMENT 12. For the law, neuroscience changes nothing and everything 13. The frontal cortex and the criminal justice system 14. The emergence of consequential thought: evidence from neuroscience 15. Responsibility and punishment: whose mind? A response

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INTRODUCTION 1. Law and the Brain - an introduction INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 2. The neuroeconomic path of the law 3. How neuroscience might advance the law LAW, BIOLOGY AND THE BRAIN 4. Law and the sources of morality 5. Law, evolution and the brain: applications and open questions 6. A neuroscientific approach to normative judgment in law and justice NEUROECONOMICS AND LAW 7. The brain and the law 8. Neuroeconomics DECISION MAKING AND EVIDENCE 9. A cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding causal reasoning and the law TRUTHFULNESS 10. A cognitive neurobiological account of deception: evidence from functional neuroimaging PROPERTY IN BIOLOGY AND THE BRAIN 11. The property 'instinct' CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PUNISHMENT 12. For the law, neuroscience changes nothing and everything 13. The frontal cortex and the criminal justice system 14. The emergence of consequential thought: evidence from neuroscience 15. Responsibility and punishment: whose mind? A response

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INTRODUCTION 1. Law and the Brain - an introduction INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 2. The neuroeconomic path of the law 3. How neuroscience might advance the law LAW, BIOLOGY AND THE BRAIN 4. Law and the sources of morality 5. Law, evolution and the brain: applications and open questions 6. A neuroscientific approach to normative judgment in law and justice NEUROECONOMICS AND LAW 7. The brain and the law 8. Neuroeconomics DECISION MAKING AND EVIDENCE 9. A cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding causal reasoning and the law TRUTHFULNESS 10. A cognitive neurobiological account of deception: evidence from functional neuroimaging PROPERTY IN BIOLOGY AND THE BRAIN 11. The property 'instinct' CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PUNISHMENT 12. For the law, neuroscience changes nothing and everything 13. The frontal cortex and the criminal justice system 14. The emergence of consequential thought: evidence from neuroscience 15. Responsibility and punishment: whose mind? A response

Key concepts: Neuroeconomics, Neurolaw, Criminal law, Psychology, Punishment (psychology), Cognitive neuroscience, Neuroethics, Deception

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