tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post4212447840537130960..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: "Golly Moses, natcherly we're punks" -or everything I know about neuroscience and the law I learned from West Side StoryTedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-87294925860816614812007-09-15T22:55:00.000-04:002007-09-15T22:55:00.000-04:00Lotus - I didn't know that comment of Kandel's, al...Lotus - I didn't know that comment of Kandel's, although I read his memoir last summer and am using his textbook this semester. I clearly have a fabulous memory.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-5319819096451683062007-09-15T16:06:00.000-04:002007-09-15T16:06:00.000-04:00Hi, TedAnother fascinating post! I do agree, the ...Hi, Ted<BR/><BR/>Another fascinating post! I do agree, the law and neuroscience are becoming more frequently intertwined. The study of the brain and the behavior it causes is absolutely fascinating and quickly gaining momentum. Reminds me of what Eric Kandel said once:<BR/><BR/><I>The brain will be to the twenty-first century what the genome was to the twentieth centry</I>Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-29525177842664511452007-09-14T07:36:00.000-04:002007-09-14T07:36:00.000-04:00verb - Interesting - I didn't hear that one. And i...verb - Interesting - I didn't hear that one. And it's interesting the notion of constructed emotions. It's not unlike how they sometimes use scripts to provide autistics with some of the social behavior componenets they lack. Part of me says - no, emotions have to be spontaneous or they're not emotions. But I think the real point is that they have a way to function not that they're exactly like everybody else.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-76784436476076497022007-09-14T03:33:00.000-04:002007-09-14T03:33:00.000-04:00This whole question about intent and rationality i...This whole question about intent and rationality is a fascinating one. How do we decide whether someone is rational enough to understand right/wrong? I listened to an episode of This American Life last week that told the story of a family who adopted a child who ended up being diagnosed with Associative Disorder. The mother explained the disorder in a way that concluded the child had no ability to tell right from wrong - which I thought was an interesting leap (not that it was wrong per se, just fascinating that not being able to make real connections with other people could mean harming them with no remorse). Eventually the child went through therapy and is considered healed - so they were able to "construct" emotional connections between him and his family. This opened a lot of questions for me about how our brains recognize other people and categorize them in terms of their relationship to us - something you touched on in one of your recent posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com