Shane O’Mara’s Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation
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Waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and solitary confinement were some of the tactics outlined and authorized in a series of Bush Administration secret legal documents, known as the "torture memos," which were made public in 2009. Shane O'Mara's new book casts morality aside to examine whether torture produces reliable information. He reviews existing research in psychology and neuroscience to highlight the impact of torture methods on brain function.
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دوره 2016 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016