Title :

Comparison of the concept of “responsibility” in neuroscience and in French criminal law: A cross-literature review for the psychiatric forensic practice

Author(s) :

Galland, Damien [Auteur]
Jonas, Carol [Auteur]
Jardri, Renaud [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Wilquin, Maroussia [Auteur]
Cottencin, Olivier [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Thomas, Pierre [Auteur]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Rolland, Benjamin [Auteur]

Journal title :

Presse medicale (Paris, France . 1983)

Abbreviated title :

Presse Med.

Volume number :

45

Pages :

559-566

Publication date :

2016-06-01

ISSN :

0755-4982

English keyword(s) :

Mesh:Neurosciences*
Mesh:Criminal Law*
Mesh:Forensic Psychiatry*
Mesh:France
Mesh:Liability
Mesh:Legal*

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

In forensic psychiatry, experts have to determine the level of responsibility of a subject with regard to their acts. Neuroscience and cognitive sciences have been increasingly studying the brain functions that are supposed ...
Show more >In forensic psychiatry, experts have to determine the level of responsibility of a subject with regard to their acts. Neuroscience and cognitive sciences have been increasingly studying the brain functions that are supposed to underlie individual responsibility. In neuroscience, impairment of responsibility is underlain by disruptions of different types of cognitive processes. This processes are executive functions, theory of mind, agency, volition and empathy. In the juridical conception, the term of responsibility refers to a broader perspective than in the neuroscientific approach.Show less >

Language :

Anglais
Français

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

CHU Lille
CNRS
Inserm
Université de Lille

Collections :

• Lille Neurosciences & Cognition (LilNCog) - U 1172

Research team(s) :

Troubles cognitifs dégénératifs et vasculaires

Submission date :

2019-11-27T13:04:57Z
2019-12-10T16:32:18Z