Big news! As you may have noticed from the neuroethics roundup, the magistrate in the Tennessee fMRI lie detection case issued a report and recommendation that the proferred brain scan lie detection evidence be excluded. Here are some links from the roundup:
fMRI lie detection fails its first hearing, Center for Law & the Biosciences Blog
Brain scan lie detection deemed far from ready for courtroom, Wired Science
Federal judge: brain scans not welcome as lie-detecting evidence, 80beats
Kelly Lowenberg (in the first link above) helpfully links to and summarizes the magistrate's report and recommendation .
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