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Psychiatry
New technology puts guilty verdict to the test
November 20th, 2007
An academic at the University of Sheffield has used groundbreaking technology to investigate the potential innocence of a woman convicted of poisoning a child in her care. Professor Sean Spence, who has pioneered the use of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to detect lies, carried out groundbreaking experiments on the woman who, despite protesting her innocence, was sentenced to four years in prison. His results have now been published for the first time in the journal European Psychiatry. Using the technology, Professor Spence examined the woman's brain activity as she alternately confirmed her account of events and that of her accusers....
Source: Science Letter (2007-11-20)
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