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Unraveling the Neurolaw Claims

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Neurolaw is all the rage these days. The lure to explain behavior and social norms such as free will under the lens of reductionist biology abounds. And there is no question that the wealth of information about brains and behavior has vastly increased during the past twenty years. Yet the disparity between what is truly known about the link between biology and human behavior and the normative claims populating legal and science scholarship is breathtaking. Often ignored is the extreme complexity of the human mind and the infancy of the methods used in examining brains and behavior. Several recent articles highlight this simple and important fact. Addiction as Voluntary A recent study in the journal Neuron is making some waves (also covered in Scientific American Mind)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 31, 2008 (boomark / email).