Article
The Future of Neuroimaged Lie Detection and the Law
U. Akron L. Rev.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Disciplines
Excerpt
Neuroscience will certainly change law. In fact, neuroscience research has the potential to influence a vast range of legal decisions. To the extent that neuroscientists increasingly make claims that neuroimaging reveals cognition, even the most unimaginative prognosticator might predict: (1) the preliminary investigative use of neuroimages to enhance witness interviews and police interrogations (including but not limited to lie-detection), (2) jury selection based on neuroimages that appear to reveal jurors' unconscious stereotypes or biases, and (3) arguments about intent or sentencing based on neuroimage-enhanced explanations of behavior and predictions of dangerousness.
Citation Information
Joelle A. Moreno. "The Future of Neuroimaged Lie Detection and the Law" U. Akron L. Rev. Vol. 42 (2009) p. 717 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joelle-moreno/11/
(solicited symposium article)