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Why Torture Doesn’t Work
This chapter is in the book Why Torture Doesn’t Work
© 2016 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2016 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Torture in Modern Times 7
  5. 2. How the Brain Supports Memory and Executive Functions 38
  6. 3. Can We Use Technology to Detect Deception? 68
  7. 4. What Do Stress and Pain Do to the Brain? 105
  8. 5. What Does Sleep Deprivation Do to the Brain? 148
  9. 6. Drowning, Cooling, Heating, and Starving the Brain 169
  10. 7. Why Does a Torturer Torture? 204
  11. 8. Why Torture? Why Not Talk? 240
  12. References 275
  13. Further Reading 299
  14. Acknowledgments 305
  15. Index 307
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674915510-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Torture in Modern Times 7
  5. 2. How the Brain Supports Memory and Executive Functions 38
  6. 3. Can We Use Technology to Detect Deception? 68
  7. 4. What Do Stress and Pain Do to the Brain? 105
  8. 5. What Does Sleep Deprivation Do to the Brain? 148
  9. 6. Drowning, Cooling, Heating, and Starving the Brain 169
  10. 7. Why Does a Torturer Torture? 204
  11. 8. Why Torture? Why Not Talk? 240
  12. References 275
  13. Further Reading 299
  14. Acknowledgments 305
  15. Index 307
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