Neuroscience has the promise to drastically alter almost every facet of our lives, but do we want it to? Neuroscience has previously contributed to the practice of law with polygraph tests and more recently our understanding of human memory and eyewitness testimony. Pushing neuroscience to its limits though, some have advocated using neuroscience technologies to peer inside the brain and understand an individuals thoughts, in particular whether they are telling the truth or lying. Today I speak with Kyle Albagli about the application of neuroscience to the field of law, in particular using brain imaging technology to tell truth from fiction.
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