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Neuroscience in court: The painful truth

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Brain-scanning techniques promise to give an objective measure of whether someone is in pain, but researchers question whether they are reliable enough for the courtroom.

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  • 02 March 2015

    A previous version of this story omitted Donald Marks’ first name and affiliation.

  • 04 March 2015

    A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/519019a

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Reardon, S. Neuroscience in court: The painful truth. Nature 518, 474–476 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/518474a

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