Automatisms: Bridging clinical neurology with criminal law

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-427

  Rolnick, Joshua ^a   Parvizi, Josef ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatism; Crime; Defense law; Epilepsy; Guilt; Ictal cognition; Postictal state

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; AUTOMATISM; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRIMINAL LAW; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROLOGY; REVIEW;

AUTOMATISM; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; NEUROLOGY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 79952735670     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.09.033     Document Type: Review

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