The law and the mind
The emerging field of neuroscience has the potential to enhance our understanding of behavior, memory and emotion, and help us better understand criminal behavior.
But Penn Law Professor Stephen Morse says even though MRIs are already being used as evidence in death penalty proceedings, it remains uncertain exactly what the relationship between law and neuroscience should be.
To help clarify the role neuroscience can play in court, Morse is joining other legal scholars, scientists and philosophers in the Law and Neuroscience Project, a three-year, $10 million project supported by the MacArthur Foundation that will seek answers fundamental questions about neuroscience and law, including how one becomes a criminal, if there's a biological basis for criminal behavior or addiction and whether laws governing criminal responsibility need to be rewritten in light of scientific evidence.
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