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Structural Inequities Contribute to Racial/Ethnic Differences in Neurophysiological Tone, but Not Threat Reactivity, After Trauma Exposure
This study found race-related differences in brain responses to threat and trauma outcomes. Socioeconomic factors partially explained these differences, which have implications for PTSD prediction and treatment.
The effects of trauma on feedback processing: an MEG study
This study investigates how trauma exposure affects brain activity during feedback processing. Researchers used MEG to compare brain responses in individuals with and without a history of trauma while completing a learning task.
The Effect of Parents and Peers on the Neural Correlates of Risk Taking and Antisocial Behavior During Adolescence
This study investigated how parent closeness and deviant peer affiliation in early adolescence, along with brain activation during risky decision-making, contribute to later antisocial behavior in adolescent girls.
Impaired learning, memory, and extinction in posttraumatic stress disorder: translational meta-analysis of clinical and preclinical studies
This study found that individuals with PTSD and animal models of the condition show enhanced emotional learning but impaired neutral learning and memory, as well as reduced fear extinction.
Brief of Amicus Curiae Center for Law, Brain & Behavior in Support of Plaintiff-Appellee
This brief argues that prolonged solitary confinement caused severe and lasting psychological and physical harm to Mr. Cintron, worsening his pre-existing conditions. It contends this treatment constitutes cruel punishment.
Brief of Amicus Curiae The Innocence Project in Support of Defendant-Appellant
This brief argues that uncorroborated stranger identifications showing scientific unreliability are legally insufficient for conviction. It highlights the risk of wrongful convictions based on flawed eyewitness memory.
Brief of Proposed Amicus Curiae the Innocence Project
The brief argues that first-time, in-court identifications are inherently unreliable and should not be permitted under due process.
People v. Rogers
Michigan’s high court upheld the exclusion of expert testimony about dream-reality confusion. The defendant did not prove the theory was based on reliable science.
Brief of Proposed Amicus Curiae the Innocence Project
The brief argues that first-time, in-court identifications are unreliable and uniquely suggestive. It contends they should not be permitted without the same safeguards as out-of-court identifications.
Alahad v. State
The Florida Supreme Court ruled that decisions on suppressing out-of-court eyewitness identifications are reviewed for abuse of discretion. It upheld a show-up identification as not unnecessarily suggestive.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Refugees
Research shows about 30% of refugees experience PTSD, significantly higher than the general population. Many refugees also suffer from complex PTSD, depression, and anxiety due to prolonged trauma.
The genetically informed neurobiology of addiction (GINA) model
Addiction is now understood as a neurobiological state influenced by genetics and environment. A new model, GINA, explains how genetic risk and substance-induced brain changes contribute to addiction's development.
Brief of Center for Law, Brain & Behavior and Neuroscientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant Jwainus Perry
The brief argues that harmful environments, such as solitary confinement, cause physical brain injury. It asserts that legal policies denying this are based on outdated science.
Ruan v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that to convict a doctor under the Controlled Substances Act, the government must prove they knowingly or intentionally acted without authorization, once authorized prescribing is shown.
People v. Pacheco
The court denied mental health diversion for Pacheco, who started a fire while using meth, due to public safety concerns, despite his schizophrenia and treatment plans. This denial was upheld.