Law, Responsibility, and the Brain
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- 17 April 2007
- journal article
- essay
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 5 (4) , e103
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050103
Abstract
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.Keywords
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