criminology | Mindwise

October 15, 2014 by Stephan Schleim

On the Psychology of Stupid Questions

Imagine you are having lunch with legal experts. You don’t understand a word of what they are talking about. Are you afraid to make a fool of yourself? Or do you dare to ask a stupid question and see what happens? Be surprised!

Psychology or Neuroscience? The case of forensics

Scholars try to understand and predict crimes to make society safer. Some expect that investigations of the nervous system will provide us with new solutions. Although this seems promising, it may distract us from other important sources of knowledge.