[Hamp-law] Lecture Oct 27th on Neuroscience, Lie Detection, and the Courtroom

[Flavio Risech]

I hope that you can join us for the CBD lecture on Thursday, October 
27th at 5:30pm on /Intersecting Complexity: Neuroscience, Lie Detection, 
and the Legal Admissibility Matrix/.

Here is more information about the talk and our speaker. I hope that you 
will encourage your students to attend the talk in the Main Lecture Hall 
of FPH at 5:30pm on Thursday, October 27th.

*"Intersecting Complexity: Neuroscience Lie Detection and the Legal 
Admissibility Matrix" *

_*Abstract:*_
Neuroscientists have made substantial progress in the last decade using 
neuroimaging in controlled laboratory studies to distinguish between 
truth-telling and deception. fMRI technology integrates physics, 
engineering, chemistry, biology, physiology, and statistical analysis to 
measure changes in brain activity. When synchronized with an appropriate 
behavioral paradigm, fMRI can discriminate between lies and truth in 
individual subjects with an accuracy rate of greater than 75%. While 
most neuroscientists believe that fMRI lie detection is not 
courtroom-ready, commercial entities are attempting to introduce tests 
results in trials.Proper legal analysis of the admissibility of 
scientific evidence balances many factors, including constitutionality, 
reliability, the role and limitations of juries, and social policy. The 
point where these two complex systems of science and law intersect is 
the courtroom. This presentation asks whether the science is good enough 
for the courtroom and whether the courtroom is capable of managing the 
science. Creating an "admissibility matrix," the lecturer attempts to 
deconstruct and explain the complexities of both science and law to 
determine if there is a future for neuroscience lie detection in court.

_*Biographical Statement:*_
Jane Campbell Moriarty is Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty 
Scholarship in the School of Law, Duquesne University: 
http://times.duq.edu/2011/05/inaugural-carol-los-mansmann-chair-in-faculty-scholarship-named/ 


-- 
Flavio Risech
Associate Professor of Law
School of Critical Social Inquiry
Hampshire College
Amherst MA 01002
413.559.5504 voice
413.559.5620 fax
frisech at hampshire.edu

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