Why Torture Doesn’t Work
The Neuroscience of Interrogation
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Shane O'Mara | ISBN: | 9780674915534 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | November 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Shane O'Mara |
| ISBN: | 9780674915534 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | November 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Besides being cruel and inhumane, torture does not work the way torturers assume it does. As Shane O’Mara’s account of the neuroscience of suffering reveals, extreme stress creates profound problems for memory, mood, and thinking, and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliable, or even counterproductive and dangerous.
Besides being cruel and inhumane, torture does not work the way torturers assume it does. As Shane O’Mara’s account of the neuroscience of suffering reveals, extreme stress creates profound problems for memory, mood, and thinking, and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliable, or even counterproductive and dangerous.
