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I hope that you can join us for the CBD lecture on Thursday, October
27th at 5:30pm on <i>Intersecting Complexity: Neuroscience, Lie
Detection, and the Legal Admissibility Matrix</i>.<br>
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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.<br>
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<b>"Intersecting Complexity: Neuroscience Lie Detection and the
Legal Admissibility Matrix" </b><br>
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<u><b>Abstract:</b></u><br>
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.<br>
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<u><b>Biographical Statement:</b></u><br>
Jane Campbell Moriarty is Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty
Scholarship in the School of Law, Duquesne University: <a
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href="http://times.duq.edu/2011/05/inaugural-carol-los-mansmann-chair-in-faculty-scholarship-named/">http://times.duq.edu/2011/05/inaugural-carol-los-mansmann-chair-in-faculty-scholarship-named/</a>
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Flavio Risech
Associate Professor of Law
School of Critical Social Inquiry
Hampshire College
Amherst MA 01002
413.559.5504 voice
413.559.5620 fax
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:frisech@hampshire.edu">frisech@hampshire.edu</a>
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