An attempt to provide understandable and up-to-date information regarding intelligence testing, intelligence theories, personal competence, adaptive behavior and intellectual disability (mental retardation) as they relate to death penalty (capital punishment) issues. A particular focus will be on psychological measurement, statistical and psychometric issues.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
FYiPOST: Schweitzer and Saks on Brain Imaging, Juries, and the Insanity Defense
Neuroimage Evidence and the Insanity Defense Behavioral Sciences and the Law Behav. Sci. Law 29: 592–607 (2011) Published online 10 July 2011 Abstract: The introduction of neuroscientific evidence in criminal trials has given rise to fears that neuroimagery presented by...
