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Neurorhetoric, Race, and the Law: Toxic Neural Pathways and Healing Alternatives
Maryland Law Review (2017)
  • Lucille A. Jewel
Abstract
Neurorhetoric is the study of how rhetoric shapes the human brain. At the forefront of science and communication studies, neurorhetoric challenges many preconceptions about how humans respond to persuasive stimuli. Neurorhetoric can be applied to a multiplicity of relevant legal issues, including the topic of this Maryland Law Review Symposium Issue: race and advocacy. After detailing the neuroscientific and cognitive theories that underlie neurorhetoric, this Essay theorizes ways in which neurorhetoric intersects with the law, advocacy, and race. This Essay explores how toxic racial stereotypes and categories become embedded in the human brain and what can be done about it.
Keywords
  • Legal Rhetoric,
  • Cognitive Rhetoric,
  • Neuroscience,
  • Advocacy
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Citation Information
Lucille A. Jewel. "Neurorhetoric, Race, and the Law: Toxic Neural Pathways and Healing Alternatives" Maryland Law Review Vol. 76 (2017) p. 663 - 695
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lucille-jewel/21/