title: [Comparison of the concept of "responsibility" in neuroscience and in French criminal law: A cross-literature review for the psychiatric forensic practice].
abstract: In forensic psychiatry, experts have to determine the level of responsibility of a subject with regard to their acts. Neuroscience and cognitive sciences have been increasingly studying the brain functions that are supposed to underlie individual responsibility. In neuroscience, impairment of responsibility is underlain by disruptions of different types of cognitive processes. This processes are executive functions, theory of mind, agency, volition and empathy. In the juridical conception, the term of responsibility refers to a broader perspective than in the neuroscientific approach.
authors.affiliation: Université Lille 2, 59000 Lille, France. Electronic address: galland.damien@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galland
authors.affiliation: CHU de Tours, psychiatrie A, 37044 Tours, France.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.affiliation: Université Lille 2, 59000 Lille, France; CHRU de Lille, pôle de psychiatrie, de médecine légale et médecine en milieu pénitentiaire, 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jardri
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier d'Abbeville, service de psychiatrie, 80142 Abbeville, France.
authors.forename: Maroussia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilquin
authors.affiliation: Université Lille 2, 59000 Lille, France; CHRU de Lille, pôle de psychiatrie, de médecine légale et médecine en milieu pénitentiaire, 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cottencin
authors.affiliation: Université Lille 2, 59000 Lille, France; CHRU de Lille, pôle de psychiatrie, de médecine légale et médecine en milieu pénitentiaire, 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Université Lille 2, 59000 Lille, France; CHRU de Lille, pôle de psychiatrie, de médecine légale et médecine en milieu pénitentiaire, 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rolland
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D005602:France; D016365:Liability, Legal; D009488:Neurosciences