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3/9/06 News Release
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MEDIA ADVISORY: STANFORD EXPERTS TO DISCUSS NEUROSCIENCE OF LIE DETECTION ON MARCH 10
STANFORD, Calif. — Advances in neuroscience are giving researchers a better picture of what’s going on in individual brains when people tell lies. But it remains unclear whether these insights can be used to develop methods that can reliably detect lies.
The Stanford University Center for Law and the Biosciences will explore this topic at a March 10 conference called, “Reading Minds: Lie Detection, Neuroscience, Law and Society.” Speakers will examine the science underlying the development of more reliable lie-detection methods, as well as the ethical and social ramifications of such capabilities.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Stanford Law School, Room 190.
Stanford speakers include Hank Greely, JD, the Dean F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor in Law, and Judy Illes, PhD, senior research scholar and director of the Program in Neuroethics at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.
Information and online conference registration are available at: http://www.seeuthere.com/rsvp/invitation/invitation.asp?id=/m2c523-622273196735
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