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Your Brain On Trial
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Oct 8, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Would a better understanding of the brain lead to better outcomes in court? Professor Francis X. Shen, neuroscientist and lawyer, has devoted his career to “neural law” – leveraging neuroscience to reduce injustice. Using what we know about addiction science, adolescent brain development, and traumatic injury could lead to better interventions to reduce recidivism and raise the bar on justice. Plus… why eyewitness memory is so very, very unreliable. http://www.fxshen.com/bio/
Released:
Oct 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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