The Law & Ethics of Brain Scanning Conference 2007

Program

Welcome Remarks by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver
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SESSION I:  BRAIN SCANNING TECHNOLOGIES

"Brain Imaging and the Mind: Pseudoscience or Science?"
William Uttal, Arizona State University (emeritus)
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"Overview of Brain Scanning Technologies"
John J.B. Allen, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona
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"Brain Scanning and Lie Detection"
Steven Laken, Founder and CEO, Cephos Corporation
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SESSION II:  BRAIN SCANNING IN THE COURTS

"Brain Scanning in the Courts:  The Story So Far"
Gary Marchant, Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
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"Legal Admissibility of Neurological Lie Detection Evidence"
Archie A. Alexander, Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center
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Commentators:  Professors David Kaye and Michael Saks
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
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SESSION III:  SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF BRAIN SCANNING TECHNOLOGIES

"Demonstrating Brain Injuries with Brain Scanning"
Larry Cohen, The Cohen Law Firm
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"Harm and Punishment: An fMRI Experiment"
Owen D. Jones, Vanderbilt University School of Law & Department of Biological Sciences
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"Through a Glass Darkly: Transdisciplinary Brain Imaging Studies to Predict and
  Explain Abnormal Behavior"
James H. Fallon, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine
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Commentator:  Professor Betsy Grey
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
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SESSION IV:  ETHICAL ASPECTS OF BRAIN SCANNING

"Authenticity, Bluffing, and the Privacy of Human Thought: Ethical Issues in Brain Scanning"
Emily Murphy, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
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"Health, Disability, and Employment Law Implications of MRI"
Stacey Tovino, Hamline University School of Law
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Commentators:  Jason Robert , School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, and
Clark Miller , Department of Political Scinece, Arizona State University
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