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The Insights, Uses, And Ethics Of Social Neuroscience In Anti-Discrimination Law, Susan Carle
The Insights, Uses, And Ethics Of Social Neuroscience In Anti-Discrimination Law, Susan Carle
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
The article explores the uses in anti-discrimination law of social neuroscience—a broad interdisciplinary field that draws on the insights of brain science, medicine, epidemiology, social psychology, behavioral economics, moral cognitive neuroscience and many other experimentally based disciplines. It discusses the promising uses of social neuroscience findings from all these subfields on such matters as the irrational biases of “fast” thinking processes in general, and implicit biases against “out” groups more specifically, as well as group conformity, the black sheep effect, and more. The article traces a few of the ways these insights can help inform anti-discrimination law in both particular …
O.J. Simpson Verdict Raises Questions About Jury System, Aubrey Immelman
O.J. Simpson Verdict Raises Questions About Jury System, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
This opinion column examines whether conformity pressures, confirmation bias, and belief perseverance could have influenced jury deliberations and the verdict in The State of California v. O. J. Simpson.