Neuroscientific research on the removal of unpleasant and traumatic memories is still at a very early stage, but is making rapid progress and has stirred a significant philosophical and neuroethical ...

Here is an interesting case of how broad the influence of cognitive studies can be on our lives. In general terms, conventional wisdom holds that religion causes people to see the world in different ...

I'd be surprised if law school teaching methods (like the many variants of the "Socratic Method") get it right. But this post from Tom Stafford at Mind Hacks actually supplies some ammunition.

On Amir (Marketing, Rady School-UCSD) has written an article for Scientific American. The article summarizes research on how we deplete cognitive resources when we make choices and how this affects ...

The CBC radio program, Ideas, is running a 5-part series on memory this week entitled, "The Once and Future Past" (see here). I was interviewed for the series (over a year ago), so I suspect that I'll ...

Rita Rubin has written the cover story in today's USA Today "Life" section. The article discusses physician use of placebos to treat patients. I've blogged about the topic before, so I'll just tell ...

The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is hosting a conference entitled, "The Law and Ethics of Brain Scanning" on Friday, April 13th. Here's a link for registration and ...

Jane Mitchell, (Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School) has published "Incarceration Reimagined: A Diversionary Option for Serious Felony Offenders" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In ...

Ira P. Robbins, (American University - Washington College of Law) has published "Deconstructing Burglary." Here is the abstract: The law of burglary has long played a vital role in protecting hearth ...

Columbus School of Law) have published "Rethinking Children, Crime and Culpability" Email: [email protected] In the early twenty-first century, the United States Supreme Court developed a rich body of ...

Paul H. Robinson (University of Pennsylvania), Jeffrey Seaman (University of Pennsylvania), and Muhammad Sarahne (University of Pennsylvania) have published "Confronting Failures of Justice: Getting ...

Christopher Sundby (Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A., University of Miami School of Law) has published "The Right to Personality: Navigating the Brave New World of Personality-Altering Interventions ...