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The Center for Law, Brain & Behavior puts the most accurate and actionable neuroscience in the hands of judges, lawyers, policymakers and journalists—people who shape the standards and practices of our legal system and affect its impact on people’s lives. We work to make the legal system more effective and more just for all those affected by the law.

Can Neuroscience Predict Human Behavior?

In the years to come, neuroscience may evolve to yield solid predictions about how genetics and brain conditions, in all of their complex aggregates and interactions, can influence a specific individual’s particular choices at particular times. But for now, the tools of neuroscience should not be accorded the deference of mathematical certainty.

Read the piece on Huffington Post.