Brain Imaging and Courtroom Deception

Dresser, JD, Rebecca

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Brain Imaging and Courtroom Deception

Rebecca Dresser, JD

Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law

November 1, 2010

Hastings Center Report , Vol. 40, No. 6 p. 7, 2010
Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-12-04

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Scientists have developed new approaches to lie detection that use a brain scanning technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to evaluate whether someone is lying. Enthusiasts hope that courts will be more receptive to fMRI lie detection techniques than they have been to polygraph tests. But two recent court decisions - United States v. Semrau and Wilson v. Corestaff Services - suggest that these techniques are far from ready for courtroom use.

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Date posted: February 19, 2011

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Dresser, JD, Rebecca, Brain Imaging and Courtroom Deception (November 1, 2010). Hastings Center Report , Vol. 40, No. 6 p. 7, 2010; Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-12-04. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1763304

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Rebecca Dresser, JD (Contact Author)

Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law ( email )

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St. Louis, MO 63130
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