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Neuroimaging And Jury Decision Making: In Defense Of The Defense?, Alana A. Snyder Jan 2016

Neuroimaging And Jury Decision Making: In Defense Of The Defense?, Alana A. Snyder

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Neurobiological evidence in the form of brain scans (MRI images, PET images, etc.) is being introduced with increasing frequency in the courtroom as potentially mitigating evidence in criminal cases as part of an attempt to show regions of neurological abnormality affecting a defendant’s decision-making or emotional control. Empirical studies have shown two biases associated with the presentation of such evidence. One of these biases resides in that laypeople’s interpretation of such evidence may be weighted too heavily towards scientific fact – as is DNA evidence – rather than an association between a specific crime, and a brain region and its …


The American Health Care System, Health Care Reform, And The Effects Of The Affordable Care Act, Adam Becker Jun 2015

The American Health Care System, Health Care Reform, And The Effects Of The Affordable Care Act, Adam Becker

Honors Theses

Through the lens of access, quality, and cost I will present and outline the various historical approaches to health care reform, how they have contributed to the formation of our current system, and a preliminary evaluation of the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, I will be analyzing these major reforms in relation to, and their impact, on healthcare payers and providers. By understanding prior health care reform, it will provide the necessary foundation to properly investigate the prospects of success for the ACA. In order to address these questions, I investigated the evolution of the medical professional and modern hospitals, the …