Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Law, Brains, and Behavior

This post at Neuroethics & Law sounds like good news for those interested in the future of TECHNOCORRECTIONS (which means everyone reading this, of course), focused attention on the issues of neuroscience and corrections sentencing at a major school.

The Eagleman Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine is pleased to announce the launch of the Initiative on Law, Brains & Behavior. This Initiative addresses how new discoveries in neuroscience affect the ways we make laws, punish criminals, and develop rehabilitation. The project brings together a unique collaboration of neurobiologists, legal scholars, ethicists, medical humanists, and policy makers, with the goal of building modern, evidence-based policy.

BCM, a top ten medical school, is particularly well-positioned to host such an Initiative, being home to a top-flight neuroscience department and one of the premier research neuroimaging facilities in the nation. At present, the ILBB currently teaches an interdisciplinary seminar on Law, Brains, and Behavior. Graduate students in neuroscience, law students, undergraduate students, mental health professionals, medical humanists, and health policy scholars are all participating in the seminar. The ILBB will also host a conference in the fall of 2008, bringing together stakeholders from a variety of disciplines to address the ethical, legal, and social implications of developments in neuroscience.

Discussion regarding other ILBB projects and areas of interest is ongoing. Further information is available on the ILBB website:

http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/neurolaw.html

Those with questions regarding the ILBB are invited to contact the Director, David Eagleman, Ph.D. or the Research Professor, Daniel S. Goldberg, J.D., Ph.D Student.

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