Neuroscience and crime

Neurocase

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Markowitsch, Hans J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crime; Forensic psychiatry; Functional brain imaging; Genetic analyses; Jurisprudence; Lie detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 47149086859     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790801994756     Document Type: Article

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