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April 27, 2018, 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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With over 70 million Baby Boomers retiring, elder financial exploitation has been labeled the “Crime of the 21st Century.” In this half-day event, we explored the neuroscience, psychology, and legal doctrine of financial decision-making in older adults. How does the aging brain make financial decisions, and when is it uniquely susceptible? How can courts best use science to improve their adjudication of disputes over “competency”, “capacity”, and “undue influence”? Is novel neuroimaging evidence of dementia ready for courtroom use? This conference brought together experts in medicine, science, and law to explore these important questions and chart a path forward for dementia and the law.

Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30am, Registration

8:30 - 8:45am, Introduction

  • Carmel Shachar, JD, MPH, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School

  • Judith G. Edersheim, JD, MD, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD, Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience, the Petrie-Flom Center in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School and the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Law and McKnight Land-Grant Professor, University of Minnesota Law School

8:45 - 9:30am, What is Dementia? Definitions, Diagnosis, and Treatment

  • Bruce H. Price, MD, Chief, Department of Neurology at McLean Hospital; Associate in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior, Massachusetts General Hospital

9:30 - 9:45am, Decision-making, Fraud, and Undue influence—Illustrated through the Lens of the Brooke Astor Story

9:45 - 10:00am, Break

10:00 - 11:15am, Dementia and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities

11:15am - 12:10pm, Future Directions: The Aging Brain and Financial Decision-Making

  • Duke Han, PhD, Director of Neuropsychology, Department of Family Medicine and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Neurology, Psychology, and Gerontology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

  • Gregory Samanez-Larkin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University

  • Judith G. Edersheim, JD, MD, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

12:15 - 12:30pm, A Path Forward

  • Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD, Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience, the Petrie-Flom Center in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School and the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Law and McKnight Land-Grant Professor, University of Minnesota Law School

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Additional Information

Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.


Videos

VIDEO: Carmel Shachar, Introduction

VIDEO: Judith Edersheim, Introduction

VIDEO: Francis Shen, Introduction

VIDEO: Bruce Price, "What is Dementia? Definitions, Diagnosis, and Treatment"

VIDEO: Phillip Marshall, "Decision-making, Fraud, and Undue influence—Illustrated through the Lens of the Brooke Astor Story"

VIDEO: Introduction, Dementia and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities

VIDEO: Ray Madoff, Dementia and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities

VIDEO: Peter Lichtenberg, Dementia and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities

VIDEO: Daniel Marson: Dementia and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities

VIDEO: Audience Q & A, Dementia and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities

VIDEO: Duke Han, "Future Directions: The Aging Brain and Financial Decision-Making"

VIDEO: Gregory Samanez-Larkin, "Future Directions: The Aging Brain and Financial Decision-Making"

VIDEO: Judith G. Edersheim, "Future Directions: The Aging Brain and Financial Decision-Making"

VIDEO: Francis Shen, A Path Forward

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aging   bioethics   biotechnology   criminal law   health law policy   judicial opinions   medicine   neuroscience   project on law and applied neuroscience   public health