A man committed a crime. He admitted it. Then something alarming showed up on an image of his brain. The criminal case that followed in 1991 brought neuroscience into the courtroom for good. How does our ever-changing understanding of the brain impact how we approach justice?

Guests: <a href="https://www.uab.edu/cas/philosophy/people/faculty/josh-may">Josh May</a>, professor of philosophy, University of Alabama, Birmingham, author of Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science, <a href="https://profiles.stanford.edu/anthony-wagner">Anthony Wagner</a>, neuroscientist and professor of psychology, Stanford University Memory Lab, and <a href="https://www.philosophy.ucsb.edu/people/roskies-adina-l">Adina Roskies</a>, professor of philosophy, UC Santa Barbara.

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