The Stanford Interdisciplinary Group on Neuroscience and Society (SIGNS) is an effort by a broad range of Stanford faculty and students to explore how advances in neuroscience will affect human societies. The Center for Law and the Biosciences (CLB), directed by Professor Hank Greely, examines biotech discoveries in the context of the law, weighing their impact on society and the law’s role in shaping that impact. The Center is part of the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology.
SIGNS & CLB Talks
Sean Mackey
(Stanford Medical School)
Detecting Pain
Date: 14/05/2012
Description:
On May 14th, 2012 The Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School hosted an event with Stanford School of Medicine’s Dr. Sean Mackey on detecting pain. Mackey, who discussed his work on pain detection, was joined by Stanford Law School’s Lisa Douglas who talked about the legal ramifications of Mackey’s work.
Jack Gallant
(UC Berkeley)
fMRI-enabled mind-reading
Date: 26/04/2012
Description:
On April 26th, 2012 The Center for Law and the Biosciences and the Stanford Interdisciplinary Group on Neuroscience and Society hosted UC Berkeley’s Dr. Jack Gallant to discuss his groundbreaking work using fMRI to decode and reconstruct people’s visual experiences.
Dr. Gallant has used fMRI to reconstruct what subjects are seeing as they watch movie clips.