Click on podcast title to download. These are .mp3 files, and should work on any mp3 player or iGadget. We hope to have these available through iTunes and other RSS feeds in 2011, but we're psychologists, not web geeks, so please forgive us for having to download these manually for now.

Bi-monthly "Brain Science & the Law" podcasts (Answers About Competency, © 2010-2011):

• Mar-Apr 2011: Part 1: Those Grey Areas: The Early Stages of Diminished Capacity. This is the first half of a two-part talk I am giving to the Elder Law Section of the CO Bar Association about those tricky cases where capacity might be diminished, but not completely gone.
• Jan-Feb 2011: Financial exploitation & undue influence: A dialogue with psychologist David Mirich
• Fall 2010: "Three things you might be missing in brain injury cases: Yes, Personality Change after TBI Is an Objective, Neurological Deficit."    In more severe cases of TBI, changes in social behavior/personality can be common symptoms. These are neurologically-based, and can be demonstrated with objective, neuropsychological tests, just as cognitive deficits can. Certain types of brain imaging may be useful in such cases also.
• Summer 2010 preview: Highlights of interview with Tom Metier.
• Summer 2010: "How to Win Brain Injury Cases: Interview with Tom Metier."   Tom Metier, of Metier Law in Fort Collins and Denver, is a leading attorney winning brain injury cases throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Learn from his expertise and experience. He has some great advice for attorneys wanting to work on brain injury cases.
• May, 2010 preview: Highlights of Mild vs. Complicated Mild TBI
• May, 2010: When Mild TBI Is Actually Complicated Mild TBI. Is that "mild TBI" really so mild? Make sure you have the right evidence.
• April, 2010: Dementia, Decision-making, & Competency.  Why dementia makes seniors more vulnerable to exploitation, and what you should be getting from psychologists in a capacity assessment.
• March, 2010: Sports Concussion & Mild TBI: Myths & Facts.  Why we should be worrying as much about first impacts as second impacts.
• PDF transcript of March podcast: "Sports Concussion & Mild TBI: Myths & Facts".
• Mini-report: The trouble with computerized cognitive testing for concussion effects.

• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Powerpoint Slides to Accompany Parts 1-7
• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Protecting Clients with Brain Injury-Part 1: 0:39, Slides 1-4.
• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Protecting Clients with Brain Injury-Part 2: 11:38, Slides 1-4.
• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Protecting Clients with Brain Injury-Part 3: 7:54, Slides 5-7.
• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Protecting Clients with Brain Injury-Part 4: 3:42, Slide 7 and Glasgow Coma Scale handout (above).
• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Protecting Clients with Brain Injury-Part 5: 14:56, Slides 8-13.
• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Protecting Clients with Brain Injury-Part 6: 9:18, Slides 13-15.
• Answers About Competency (© 2009). Protecting Clients with Brain Injury-Part 7: 6:30, Slides 15-20.