Presentation:
What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Answer in the Courtroom

Speaker:
Octavio Choi, MD, PhD
Clincal Associate Professor • Founding Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program • Interventional Psychiatry Group • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences • Stanford University School of Medicine

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Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Understand the neural basis for moral reasoning
• Understand the relevance of the "group to individual" inference problem in forensic assessments
• Critically examine how study designs impact what kinds of legally valid conclusions can be drawn
• Understand the concept of normative databases and their relevance to forensic assessments

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UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers.

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for physicians, psychologists, nurses, and therapists who participate in this activity.