Neal Feigenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 203556 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neal Feigenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neal |
| FAMILY NAME | Feigenson |
| SIGNATURE | FEIGENSON N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Quinnipiac University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3118-0978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Naïve realism and visual evidence
In the eyes of the law
Video evidence has been widely welcomed into courtrooms, largely on the implicit faith that video objectively represents the legally relevant facts as they are. In this paper, we argue that both lay and legal understanding of video as "objective" is a misapprehension. The ways in which people watch video, as well as the vividness of the format itself, may encourage biased decision-making. We suggest the need for an evidence-based understanding of…
The Visual in Law
Digital visual displays construct legal knowledge in new ways and reconstitute our notions of community both inside and outside of law. This article describes three problems that the proliferation of visuals poses for legal theory. The first concerns how to subsume the flood of images in court within a jurisprudence of words. The second probes how some visuals induce belief by seeming to combine access to the real with the allure of dreams. The t…
What Is Visual Knowledge, and What Is It Good For? Potential Ethnographic Lessons from the Field of Legal Practice
A firm basis exists for an instructive exchange between anthropologists and legal scholars regarding the production, dissemination, and interpretation of visual meaning in this digital era. The practice and theory of law and anthropology today are increasingly being shaped and informed by what appears on electronic screens—in the field, the workplace, and inside the classroom. Practicing lawyers and ethnographers need new tools of analysis and re…
Brain imaging and courtroom evidence
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is currently the most advanced technique for measuring and depicting brain function. Functional MRI studies abound in neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology. Inevitably, fMRI-based evidence will be offered in court as proof of matters involving parties’ mental states and capabilities. This paper analyses the likely admissibility of fMRI testimony and images. Cases involving other types of functional n…
Too Real? The Future of Virtual Reality Evidence
Immersive virtual environments (IVEs), or virtual reality, could soon follow other visual technologies from the culture at large to the courtroom. The unprecedented realism of IVEs may be thought to pose peculiar risks of prejudice and confusion that would militate against their use as demonstrative evidence. In particular, some believe that jurors will be unable to distinguish IVEs from reality, and that IVEs are so involving that they will tran…
The Jury Persuaded (and Not)
In two experiments, we examined the persuasiveness of computer animation on juror decision making by comparing animation to diagrams in two mock trials—a plane crash case and a car accident case. The persuasiveness of the animation on verdicts was dependent on the case; in the plane crash case, participants rendered verdicts in favor of the side presenting the animation. In the car accident case, the animation had no effect on verdicts. The role …
Air bag safety
Federal regulation of air bags has followed an uncertain course in recent years; air bags have been perceived as a panacea but are now considered potential killers. The authors examine the interplay of media coverage, lay perceptions of risk, and public policy in the context of air bag regulation. They review communications research on media presentations of health and safety risks and the relationship of these findings to social psychological re…
Air bag safety
Extraterritorial Recognition of Divorce Decrees in the Nineteenth Century
Journal Article Extraterritorial Recognition of Divorce Decrees in the Nineteenth Century Get access Neal R. Feigenson Neal R. Feigenson Assistant Professor and Director *Legal Skills Program, University of Bridgeport School of Law. The author wishes to thank Bill Nelson and the other members of the 1986–87 NYU Law School Legal History Colloquium, to whom an early draft of this paper was presented; Daniel Mandil, for his comments on a later draft…
The Jury Persuaded (and Not)
In two experiments, we examined the persuasiveness of computer animation on juror decision making by comparing animation to diagrams in two mock trials—a plane crash case and a car accident case. The persuasiveness of the animation on verdicts was dependent on the case; in the plane crash case, participants rendered verdicts in favor of the side presenting the animation. In the car accident case, the animation had no effect on verdicts. The role …
The Visual in Law
Digital visual displays construct legal knowledge in new ways and reconstitute our notions of community both inside and outside of law. This article describes three problems that the proliferation of visuals poses for legal theory. The first concerns how to subsume the flood of images in court within a jurisprudence of words. The second probes how some visuals induce belief by seeming to combine access to the real with the allure of dreams. The t…
Brain imaging and courtroom evidence
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is currently the most advanced technique for measuring and depicting brain function. Functional MRI studies abound in neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology. Inevitably, fMRI-based evidence will be offered in court as proof of matters involving parties’ mental states and capabilities. This paper analyses the likely admissibility of fMRI testimony and images. Cases involving other types of functional n…
What Is Visual Knowledge, and What Is It Good For? Potential Ethnographic Lessons from the Field of Legal Practice
A firm basis exists for an instructive exchange between anthropologists and legal scholars regarding the production, dissemination, and interpretation of visual meaning in this digital era. The practice and theory of law and anthropology today are increasingly being shaped and informed by what appears on electronic screens—in the field, the workplace, and inside the classroom. Practicing lawyers and ethnographers need new tools of analysis and re…
Too Real? The Future of Virtual Reality Evidence
Immersive virtual environments (IVEs), or virtual reality, could soon follow other visual technologies from the culture at large to the courtroom. The unprecedented realism of IVEs may be thought to pose peculiar risks of prejudice and confusion that would militate against their use as demonstrative evidence. In particular, some believe that jurors will be unable to distinguish IVEs from reality, and that IVEs are so involving that they will tran…
Extraterritorial Recognition of Divorce Decrees in the Nineteenth Century
Journal Article Extraterritorial Recognition of Divorce Decrees in the Nineteenth Century Get access Neal R. Feigenson Neal R. Feigenson Assistant Professor and Director *Legal Skills Program, University of Bridgeport School of Law. The author wishes to thank Bill Nelson and the other members of the 1986–87 NYU Law School Legal History Colloquium, to whom an early draft of this paper was presented; Daniel Mandil, for his comments on a later draft…
Air bag safety
Federal regulation of air bags has followed an uncertain course in recent years; air bags have been perceived as a panacea but are now considered potential killers. The authors examine the interplay of media coverage, lay perceptions of risk, and public policy in the context of air bag regulation. They review communications research on media presentations of health and safety risks and the relationship of these findings to social psychological re…
Air bag safety
Brain imaging and courtroom evidence
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is currently the most advanced technique for measuring and depicting brain function. Functional MRI studies abound in neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology. Inevitably, fMRI-based evidence will be offered in court as proof of matters involving parties’ mental states and capabilities. This paper analyses the likely admissibility of fMRI testimony and images. Cases involving other types of functional n…
Too Real? The Future of Virtual Reality Evidence
Immersive virtual environments (IVEs), or virtual reality, could soon follow other visual technologies from the culture at large to the courtroom. The unprecedented realism of IVEs may be thought to pose peculiar risks of prejudice and confusion that would militate against their use as demonstrative evidence. In particular, some believe that jurors will be unable to distinguish IVEs from reality, and that IVEs are so involving that they will tran…
The Jury Persuaded (and Not)
In two experiments, we examined the persuasiveness of computer animation on juror decision making by comparing animation to diagrams in two mock trials—a plane crash case and a car accident case. The persuasiveness of the animation on verdicts was dependent on the case; in the plane crash case, participants rendered verdicts in favor of the side presenting the animation. In the car accident case, the animation had no effect on verdicts. The role …
What Is Visual Knowledge, and What Is It Good For? Potential Ethnographic Lessons from the Field of Legal Practice
A firm basis exists for an instructive exchange between anthropologists and legal scholars regarding the production, dissemination, and interpretation of visual meaning in this digital era. The practice and theory of law and anthropology today are increasingly being shaped and informed by what appears on electronic screens—in the field, the workplace, and inside the classroom. Practicing lawyers and ethnographers need new tools of analysis and re…
The Visual in Law
Digital visual displays construct legal knowledge in new ways and reconstitute our notions of community both inside and outside of law. This article describes three problems that the proliferation of visuals poses for legal theory. The first concerns how to subsume the flood of images in court within a jurisprudence of words. The second probes how some visuals induce belief by seeming to combine access to the real with the allure of dreams. The t…
In the eyes of the law
Video evidence has been widely welcomed into courtrooms, largely on the implicit faith that video objectively represents the legally relevant facts as they are. In this paper, we argue that both lay and legal understanding of video as "objective" is a misapprehension. The ways in which people watch video, as well as the vividness of the format itself, may encourage biased decision-making. We suggest the need for an evidence-based understanding of…
Naïve realism and visual evidence
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