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NeuroLaw Blog » The Amygdala Defense — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:25:27 +0000

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By: Joseph LeDoux

Joseph LeDoux — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:14:37 +0000

Dori, thanks for the comment. I will have a good supply of CDs on the table just waiting for consumers.

By: dori

dori — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:35:27 +0000

Interesting stuff. Be sure to have your CDs available when our March NYAS Conference on Music, Science and Medicine takes place. Maybe could serve as background for lunch, or reception?

So, when will you start writing about music’s effect on the brain of the neuroscientist??

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:45:25 +0000

I read an interesting point awhile back.

“But, why do we punish people if they don’t have free will? We don’t punish machines.”

We, indeed, treat machines just like people. When machines misbehave, we either reprogram or fix them (rehabilitation), or simply turn them off (capital punishment).

“Your honor, the decision I made to plunge the knife into his chest was actually made below my level of consciousness at least 6 seconds before I was even consciously aware of the decision!” The judge would likely consider that irrelevant.

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