The Law and Neuroscience Project
Published April 2008
At A Glance
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The goal of The Law and Neuroscience Project is to help create an evidence base about the brain and its underlying mechanisms of behavior and decision-making that reflects advances in neuroscience. It is designed to help inform the next generation of criminal law and justice policy.
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While the project brings together legal and neuroscience experts from more than a dozen universities, it is centered at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and guided by project director and neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga.
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The project is focusing initially on the theme of criminal responsibility. Three working groups, or networks, of scholars and legal practitioners will each address an important aspect of the overall theme of criminal responsibility. The three networks are Differing Brains, Addiction and Antisocial Behavior, and Decision-making.
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In addition to the networks, the project is also sponsoring an education and outreach program to move the knowledge created by the research networks to judges, legislators, and other policy makers, catalyzing change for the public good.
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