My brain made me do it: Neuroscience used as a defense
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 11:31
in Psychology & Sociology
He was once a respected pediatrician, loved by patients and their parents for over 30 years. Now Domenico Mattiello faces trial for pedophilia. Scientific experts will argue in court that his damaged brain made him do it in the latest example of how neuroscience - the science of the brain and how it works - is taking the stand and beginning to challenge society's notions of crime and punishment.