Law, Responsibility, and the Brain

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Original Authors: Mobbs Dean; Lau Hakwan C; Jones Owen D; Frith Christopher D

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Brain-imaging studies have reinvigorated the neurophilosophical and legal debate of whether we are free agents in control

of our own actions or mere prisoners of a biologically determined brain.

Published: April 17, 2007

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<div dir='ltr'><font size='6'><b>Law, Responsibility, and the Brain</b></font><br /><br /><strong>Summary by:</strong><a href="http://www.shvoong.com/writers/plos/" title="PLoS" target="_blank">PLoS</a><br />Brain-imaging studies have reinvigorated the neurophilosophical and legal debate of whether we are free agents in control of our own actions or mere prisoners of a biologically determined brain.<br /><a href="http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/biology/1788696-law-responsibility-brain/" target="_blank">Law, Responsibility, and the Brain</a> Originally published in Shvoong: <a href="http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/biology/1788696-law-responsibility-brain/" target="_blank">http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/biology/1788696-law-responsibility-brain/</a> </div>

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