NEUROSCIENCES & LAW
Neuroeconomics combines game theory and brain imaging tools to study human
decision making in moral (Greene, Rocha), politics (Rocha), economy (McClure,
etc), etc. The results of such studies are shedding light on the mechanisms
of human decision-making and allowing the development of formal models that
better describes the man as an intentional rational agent. These models combine
rationality and emotion to provide a better modeling of human action. Emotion
is considered a key element in determining the actual values of the expected
reward and the calculated risk of acting. The implications of recents findings
provided by neurosciences on neuroethics and law are modelled and discussed
in this theoretical framework
