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Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co. (Tucson, AZ) has released "Human Factors in the Courtroom: Mythology versus Science," a softbound book that highlights the myths, misunderstandings, and pseudo-scientific theories concerning human factors in the courtroom and related situations. The purpose

of the book is to contrast them with the body of scientific research to show how many widely accepted beliefs are flawed and invalid in spite of their widespread admissibility in U.S. courtrooms. Chapters include descriptions of what is admissible "scientific evidence," subjectivity and bias, the influence of inaccurate preconceived ideas, the misuse and misunderstanding of psychology and psychiatry, valid scientific research concerning driving behavior, including what is scientifically measurable and what is not, and evaluation of experiments and studies for validity. The new book costs $45.