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Science 9 January 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5911, p. 195
DOI: 10.1126/science.323.5911.195
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Brain Scans of Pain Raise Questions for the Law

Greg Miller

Neuroimaging is knocking on the courthouse door. But although certain brain regions consistently rev up when people experience pain, neuroscientists have yet to demonstrate that the converse is true: that any particular pattern of brain activity necessarily indicates the presence of pain.

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