"Any act which takes a person further from life and nearer to death has been regarded as felony" was the logic of the medieval Europe. Suicide was punishable in Europe till the end of 18th century. Following the French revolution of 1789, attempted suicide was abolished as an offence in France, and soon other countries of Europe followed suit, and the recent addition to this list is England whi...

Given the pervasiveness of illicit pornography on the Internet, pedophiles can easily and quickly access the objects of their sexual preferences, utilizing the unlimited potential of the Internet to lure an unprecedented number of victims. Meanwhile, unrestrained access to supposedly prohibited sites also makes it possible for law enforcement authorities to conduct sting operations designed to ...

Virtual agents have quietly entered our life in diverse everyday domains. Human-Agent-Interaction can evoke any reaction, from complete rejection to great interest. But do humans implicitly regard virtual agents as pure machines, or beings on an anthropomorphic level? We asked participants to train an erroneous virtual agent on a cognitive task and to reward or punish it. The agent showed human...