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Why torture doesn't work : the neuroscience of interrogation
- Title
- Why torture doesn't work : the neuroscience of interrogation / Shane O'Mara.
- Author
- O'Mara, S. M. (Shane M.)
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015].
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Details
- Description
- 322 pages; 22 cm
- Alternative Title
- Why torture does not work
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Torture in modern times -- How the brain supports memory and executive functions -- Can we use technology to detect deception? -- What do stress and pain do to the brain? -- What does sleep deprivation do to the brain? -- Drowning, cooling, heating, and starving the brain -- Why does a torturer torture? -- Why torture? Why not talk?
- Call Number
- JFD 17-1505
- ISBN
- 9780674743908 (hardcover)
- 0674743903 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2015015973
- OCLC
- 906121712
- Author
- O'Mara, S. M. (Shane M.), author.
- Title
- Why torture doesn't work : the neuroscience of interrogation / Shane O'Mara.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-1505