TY  - SER
AU  - Dhawan, Ebani
AU  - Haggard, Patrick
TI  - Neuroscience evidence counters rape myth
PY  - 2023///
PB  - Nature
KW  - CONSENT
KW  - CRIMINAL JUSTICE
KW  - EVIDENCE
KW  - LAW REFORM
KW  - RAPE
KW  - RAPE MYTH
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - TRAUMA
KW  - VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
N1  - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, First published online, 22 May 2023
N2  - Victims frequently report immobility during rape and sexual assault, often using the term ‘freezing’. Neuroscientific evidence suggests fear and threat can block cortical neural circuits for action control, leading to involuntary immobility. Defence arguments that blame victims for freezing are thus inappropriate and unjust. (Author's abstract). Record #8242
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01598-6
UR  - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/may/importance-neuroscientific-evidence-rape-trials
ER  -