Neuroscientists in court

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 730-736

  Jones, Owen D ^a   Wagner, Anthony D ^b   Faigman, David L ^c   Raichle, Marcus E ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPERT WITNESS; FRAUD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAW; LAWYER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SCIENTIST;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; RESEARCH;

EID: 84884586965     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3585     Document Type: Review

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