Neuroimaging techniques for memory detection: Scientific, ethical, and legal issues

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-20

  Meegan, Daniel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain Fingerprinting; Daubert; Lie detection; Memory; Neuroethics; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMATISM; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCES; PRIVACY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749106591     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701842007     Document Type: Article

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