{"product_id":"why-torture-doesnt-work-the-neuroscience-of-interrogation","title":"Why Torture Doesnt Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation","description":"\u003cp\u003eTorture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. But as Shane OMara writes in this account of the human brain under stress  another reason torture should never be condoned is because it does not work the way torturers assume it does.  In countless films and TV shows such as Homeland and 24  torture is portrayed as a harsh necessity. If cruelty can extract secrets that will save lives  so be it. CIA officers and others conducted torture using precisely this justification. But does torture accomplish what its defenders say it does? For ethical reasons  there are no scientific studies of torture. But neuroscientists know a lot about how the brain reacts to fear  extreme temperatures  starvation  thirst  sleep deprivation  and immersion in freezing water  all tools of the torturers trade. These stressors create problems for memory  mood  and thinking  and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliableand  for intelligence purposes  even counterproductive. As OMara guides us through the neuroscience of suffering  he reveals the brain to be much more complex than the brute calculations of torturers have allowed  and he points the way to a humane approach to interrogation  founded in the science of brain and behavior.  Torture may be effective in forcing confessions  as in Stalins Russia. But if we want information that we can depend on to save lives  OMara writes  our model should be Napoleon: It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men  by putting them to torture  produces nothing worthwhile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960085966901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674743903","price":85.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674743908.jpg?v=1770389987","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/why-torture-doesnt-work-the-neuroscience-of-interrogation","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}