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This is Your Brain on Trial

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Are Experts Able to Be Objective?

In adversarial court systems, an expert can be hired by one of the two sides. This means that they get absorbed into the mind set and perspective of their employer. Canyou: Experts are supposed to be objective regardless of who hires them. But a small number have been known as 'hired guns', more willing to testify for one side versus the other.

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