Cognitive Neuroscience and the Law
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Cognitive Neuroscience and the Law

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What is the promise of cognitive neuroscience?

  • To transform the existing legal doctrine
  • To provide new details for the law
  • To undermine the current assumptions of the law
  • To explain the operations of the mind in terms of the physical operations of the brain (correct)

    • What do some argue about the impact of new neuroscience on the law?

  • It will undermine the current legal doctrine
  • It will provide only new details for the law (correct)
  • It will not change the law
  • It will have a transformative effect on the law

    • According to the authors, will neuroscience have a transformative effect on the law?

  • It is uncertain
  • The authors do not provide a clear answer
  • No, it will not
  • Yes, it will (correct)

    • How will neuroscience change the law according to the authors?

    <p>By transforming the existing legal doctrine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main argument of the authors regarding the impact of neuroscience on the law?

    <p>Existing legal doctrine can accommodate whatever neuroscience will tell us</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the authors, what effect will neuroscience have on the law?

    <p>Neuroscience will have a transformative effect on the law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main argument of the authors regarding the impact of neuroscience on the law?

    <p>Neuroscience will have a transformative effect on the law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the promise of cognitive neuroscience?

    <p>To explain the operations of the mind in terms of the physical operations of the brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do some argue about the impact of new neuroscience on the law?

    <p>New neuroscience will change the law by providing new details</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the authors, can existing legal doctrine accommodate new neuroscience information?

    <p>Yes, existing legal doctrine can accommodate whatever new information neuroscience will provide</p> Signup and view all the answers

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