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February 25, 2014 (Afternoon)

This morning’s circulation of Neurolaw News prompted several additional, time-sensitive conference suggestions from subscribers.  As a result, please find those conference items below in this afternoon edition of Neurolaw News.

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Additional Conference & Speaker Series Announcements

 

Conferences & Speaker Series  

    1. Application of Neuroscientific Methods and Research to Psycho-Legal Questions:  This symposium panel will take place onFriday, March 7, 9:15 to 10:35 am at the American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference (Grand Chenier, 5th Floor).  The panel will be chaired by Ekaterina Pivovarova (Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior/Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School).
      To learn more, visit: http://www.apadivisions.org/division-41/news-events/annual-conference.aspx?item=2  
    2. Brain Matters! Vancouver: Brain Science and Social Responsibility:  This conference will take place on March 12-14, 2014 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, British       Columbia.  
      For a list of conference speakers, visit: http://brainmattersvancouver.ca/speakers/       
      To learn more about this conference, visit:  http://brainmattersvancouver.ca/       
      To register, visit: http://brainmattersvancouver.ca/registration2/      
    3. Neuroscience and Law: Injury, Capacity and Illness:  On March 28, 2014, the Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney will host this event as part of the Indiana Health Law Review Symposium.  
      To learn more about this event, visit: http://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/events/current.cfm?eid=172       
    4. Call for Papers -- Neuro-interventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity:  On September 12-14, 2014, the Atlanta Neuroethics Consortium will host a conference on Neuro-interventions and the Law.  Abstracts of 500-750 words are due by March 30, 2014, and should be emailed to conference@atlneuroethics.org 
      To learn more, visit: http://atlneuroethics.org/      

 

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Owen D. Jones
New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law
Professor of Biological Sciences 
Director, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience

Vanderbilt University
131  21st Avenue, South
Nashville, TN 37203-1181

 website:                                 http://law.vanderbilt.edu/jones
publications:                            click here

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