Our Aging Brains: Decision-making, Fraud, and Undue Influence
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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
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Carmel Shachar, JD, MPH, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School
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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
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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
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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
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Phillip C. Marshall, MS, Elder Justice Advocate and Founder, Beyond Brooke
9:45 - 10:00am, Break
10:00 - 11:15am, Dementia and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities
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Ray D. Madoff, JD, Professor, Boston College Law School
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Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP, Professor, Department of Psychology and Director, Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University
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Daniel Marson, JD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
11:15am - 12:10pm, Future Directions: The Aging Brain and Financial Decision-Making
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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
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Gregory Samanez-Larkin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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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
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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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Slide Presentations
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Judith G. Edersheim, JD, MD, "Future Directions: The Aging Brain and Financial Decision Making"
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Duke Han, PhD, "Neural Correlates of Financial Decision Making in Old Age"
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Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP, "Financial Exploitation: Who is the Most Vulnerable?"
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Bruce H. Price, MD, "Cognitive Performance Over the Lifespan"
Additional Information
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SIFMA Senior Investor Protection Toolkit, including The Red Flags of Financial Exploitation and Cognitive Decline
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: 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"
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