Stereotypes of Mental Illness

The transcript discusses the persuasive power of neuroscientific evidence in legal settings, particularly its influence on jurors. It contrasts the impact of neuroscience with socioeconomic factors on behavior, highlighting society's current obsession with the brain. The discussion includes how neuroscience can individualize legal claims and explores the dualistic understanding of behavior, emphasizing the physicality of personality and its implications for externalizing blame.

What does a dualistic understanding of behavior imply about the relationship between the mind and the brain?

Discuss the implications of linking behavior to brain abnormalities rather than character flaws.