Browsing Law School by Author "Yaffe, Gideon"

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    • Detecting Mens Rea in the Brain 
      Jones, Owen D.; Montague, Read; Yaffe, Gideon (University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2020)
      Mental states matter. Consequently, we and colleagues designed and executed a brain-imaging experiment attempting to detect-for the first time-differences between mental states relevant to criminal law. Imagine you've just ...
    • Predicting the Knowledge--Recklessness Distinction in the Human Brain 
      Jones, Owen D.; Vilares, Iris; Wesley, Michael J.; Ahn, Woo-Young; Bonnie, Richard J.; Hoffman, Morris; Morse, Stephen J.; Yaffe, Gideon; Lohrenz, Terry; Montague, P. Read (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017-03-21)
      Criminal convictions require proof that a prohibited act was performed in a statutorily specified mental state. Different legal consequences, including greater punishments, are mandated for those who act in a state of ...