Advances in neuroscience are
providing insight to the inner workings
of the human brain and these discoveries are increasingly being used in
criminal and civil courts. Learn how these findings are impacting
criminality, guilt, deception, mental health, memory, addiction, and
other issues. Discover the pitfalls and potential implications of
applying neuroscience in the courtroom.
Join us for this
interdisciplinary conference which brings neuroscientists and legal
scholars together to discuss how new neuroscientific discoveries are
affecting law both now and in the future.
We
Are the Law: The Human Mind, Free Will and the Limits of Determinism
Michael Gazzaniga, PhD, Professor of Psychology; Director of Sage Center for the Study of Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara; former Director, MacArthur Foundation Neuroscience and Law Project, author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique (2008), The Ethical Brain (2005), The Mind’s Past (2000), Nature’s Mind (1994), and Social Brain (1985)
Michael Gazzaniga, PhD, Professor of Psychology; Director of Sage Center for the Study of Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara; former Director, MacArthur Foundation Neuroscience and Law Project, author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique (2008), The Ethical Brain (2005), The Mind’s Past (2000), Nature’s Mind (1994), and Social Brain (1985)
Implications
of Neuroscience for the Courtroom
Hon. Jed Rakoff, JD, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Former Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Former Partner, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Governing Board, MacArthur Foundation's Law and Neuroscience Project
Hon. Jed Rakoff, JD, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Former Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Former Partner, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Governing Board, MacArthur Foundation's Law and Neuroscience Project
False
Memories and Witness Reliability
Elizabeth Loftus,PhD, Distinguished Professor; Professor, Psychology & Social Behavior; Professor Criminology, Law & Society; Professor, Cognitive Sciences; Professor, School of Law, Director, Center for Psychology & Law; Fellow, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine; author of The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse (1996), Eyewitness Testimony (1996) and Memory (1980)
Elizabeth Loftus,PhD, Distinguished Professor; Professor, Psychology & Social Behavior; Professor Criminology, Law & Society; Professor, Cognitive Sciences; Professor, School of Law, Director, Center for Psychology & Law; Fellow, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine; author of The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse (1996), Eyewitness Testimony (1996) and Memory (1980)
An Introduction
to Neuroscience and Neuroimaging for Lawyers
Martha Farah, PhD, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences; Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of Pennsylvania; co-author, “Neurocognitive enhancement: What can we do and what should we do?” (2004, Nature Reviews of Neuroscience) and “Childhood poverty: Specific associations with neurocognitive development.” (2006, Brain Research Journal); Director, Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of Pennsylvania
Martha Farah, PhD, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences; Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of Pennsylvania; co-author, “Neurocognitive enhancement: What can we do and what should we do?” (2004, Nature Reviews of Neuroscience) and “Childhood poverty: Specific associations with neurocognitive development.” (2006, Brain Research Journal); Director, Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of Pennsylvania
Emerging
Technologies and the Future of Law
Adam Kolber, JD, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; Founder, “Neuroethics & Law” blog; Associate Editor, Neuroethics; Formerly, Professor of Law, University of San Diego; Laurance D. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, Princeton University; Judicial Clerk, United States Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit; Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell; Associate Editor, Stanford Law Review; Business Ethics Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Adam Kolber, JD, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; Founder, “Neuroethics & Law” blog; Associate Editor, Neuroethics; Formerly, Professor of Law, University of San Diego; Laurance D. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, Princeton University; Judicial Clerk, United States Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit; Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell; Associate Editor, Stanford Law Review; Business Ethics Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Emotions,
Memory and Bias: Implications for the Courts
Elizabeth Phelps, PhD, Professor of Psychology, New York University; author, “Faces and Races in the Brain” (2001, Nature Neuroscience)
Elizabeth Phelps, PhD, Professor of Psychology, New York University; author, “Faces and Races in the Brain” (2001, Nature Neuroscience)
Neuroscience and the Ethics of Legal
Practice
Oliver R. Goodenough, JD, Professor of Law, University of Vermont; Research Fellow, the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research; Co-Editor, Law and the Brain (2004)
Oliver R. Goodenough, JD, Professor of Law, University of Vermont; Research Fellow, the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research; Co-Editor, Law and the Brain (2004)
You will gain knowledge about:
- What Brain Scans Can Tell You (and What They Can't)
- False Memories and Witness Reliability
- fMRIs and Their Admissibility
- How Neuroscience is Changing the Law
- Brain Scans as the New Generation of Lie Detectors
- Criminal Responsibility in the Age of Neuroscience
- How Adolescent Brain Differ from Adult Brains and What It Means for the Law
- Why Drug Addiction Affects the Brain and Why It Matters in the Courtroom
- Psychopathy, Crime and Punishment
- Ethical and Legal Implications of Using Cognitive Neuroscience Findings
- Attorneys
- Judges
- Law Professors
- Law Enforcement
- Forensic Psychologists
- Neuroscientists