Law, Responsibility, and the Brain
@article{Mobbs2007LawRA, title={Law, Responsibility, and the Brain}, author={D. Mobbs and H. Lau and O. Jones and C. Frith}, journal={PLoS Biology}, year={2007}, volume={5} }
Brain-imaging studies have reinvigorated the neurophilosophical and legal debate of whether we are free agents in control of our own actions or mere prisoners of a biologically determined brain.
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