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Nita A. Farahany
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Duke Law School
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Tag Archives: head injury
The Daily Digest, 4/14/11
I’ve noticed a recent trend of cases reporting a defendant’s use of a past or recent head injury to challenge the improvident waiver of his rights — e.g. waiving the right to a jury trial, the right to remain silent, … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal, Neuroscience
Tagged cruel and unusual punishment, head injury, procedural rights, waiver
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The Daily Digest, 4/8/11
Competency proceedings seem like a natural place for criminal defendants to introduce expert evidence using cognitive neuroscience or behavioral genetics. In competency proceedings, while objective manifestations of competency are relevant, so is evidence about the particular defendant’s subjective capacity. A … Continue reading
The Daily Digest, 2/14/11
Memory detection is one of the cutting-edge areas of cognitive neuroscience research. So much so that at Stanford Law School, in conjunction with the Stanford Interdisciplinary Group on Neuroscience and Society (SIGNS) and with support from Stanford Law School, NeuroVentures, … Continue reading
Posted in Civil, Criminal, Neuroscience
Tagged disability benefits, head injury, memory
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