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Law and the Brain.

The past 20 years have seen unparalleled advances in neurobiology, with findings from neuroscience being used to shed light on a range of human activities - many historically the province of those in the humanities and social sciences - aesthetics, emotion, consciousness, music. Applying this new kn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zeki, Semir
Otros Autores: Goodenough, Oliver
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological sciences.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The past 20 years have seen unparalleled advances in neurobiology, with findings from neuroscience being used to shed light on a range of human activities - many historically the province of those in the humanities and social sciences - aesthetics, emotion, consciousness, music. Applying this new knowledge to law seems a natural development - the making, considering, and enforcing of law of course rests on mental processes. However, where some of those activities canbe studied with a certain amount of academic detachment, what we discover about the brain has considerable implications for how w.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (290 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191589430
0191589438
0198570112
9780198570110