Battlefields of the Brain and Mind

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No matter where you get your news from in this tech-savvy World, you hear of violent crimes being committed all the time.  You may ask yourself what is going on?  Are criminals born?  Do injuries to the brain change our behavior enough to make us suicidal or criminals?  These are just a few of the questions that you enjoy learning about, through case studies from the courtroom to the battlefield and football field!  Enjoy your front seat show of current events as the imaging world opens the brain and unfolds the mind. Attend this course and you will find yourself wondering what your own brain reveals.

Course Topics

• Neuroanatomy and Psychiatric Neroimaging
• Brains on Trial: Case Studies of Imaging Evidence in the Courtroom
• "Free Will" vs. Science
• Psychopaths: Are They Born to Kill?
• Blast Injuries of Front Line Military Heros
• From Sacks to Suicide: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the NFL
• Depression, Suicide, and Mental Decline
• The NFL and Military Collaboration to Protect Against Concussions