The brain, the science and the media. the legal, corporate, social and security implications of neuroimaging and the impact of media coverage

EMBO Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 630-636

  O'Connell, Garret ^a   De Wilde, Janet ^a,b   Haley, Jane ^a   Shuler, Kirsten ^a,b   Schafer, Burkhard ^a,c   Sandercock, Peter ^a,b   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Imaging Network A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^c Joseph Bell Centre for Forensic Statistics and Legal Reasoning   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; DECEPTION; EMPLOYMENT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPOLICY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY;

BRAIN; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; PUBLIC OPINION; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 79959931638     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.115     Document Type: Article

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