Katherine Ramsland Ph.D

1 week ago | psychologytoday.com | Katherine Ramsland Ph.D |Hara Estroff Marano

Source: Art by K. RamslandIn my undergraduate course, Dangerous Minds, I’d use the case of Stephen Stanko to demonstrate problems with neuroscience experts in court: Brain scans aren’t definitive. Stanko, a serial killer, once summed the concern to a TV correspondent: “The bad news is, I have a brain defect. The good news is, I have a brain defect.” The disorder his PET scan seemingly revealed could be aggravating or mitigating, depending on which experts the jury believed.