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Neuroscience and the Law: Are there better ways to approach and rehabilitate criminal behavior?

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Read an article focusing on my work on the intersection of neuroscience and the law.

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Watch an interview I gave on Reason.TV about how neuroscience could completely change the way we view criminal rehabilitation and the law.

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New Scientist magazine recently featured my time perception research as their cover story.
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New Scientist time story

New Scientist magazine features David Eagleman's time perception research as their cover story.
Cover of 24 October 2009 issue of New Scientist magazine

Sum #2 book in UK

In September, 2009, Sum became the number 2 book in the United Kingdom on Amazon's bestseller list, only behind Dan Brown's Lost Symbol.

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