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In the last two decades, developmental neuroscience results had been cited in legal cases around the world. It may concern that these neuroscientific results are over-persuasive, i.e., neuroscience bias, as previous studies reported such an over-persuasiveness effect of neuroscientific results when compared to behavioral results in adult cases.

In the Human Penguin Project (N = 1755), 15 research groups from 12 countries collected body temperature, demographic variables, social network indices, seven widely-used psychological scales and two newly developed questionnaires (the Social Thermoregulation and Risk Avoidance Questionnaire (STRAQ-1) and the Kama Muta Frequency Scale (KAMF)).

Behavioral and neuroscientific methods have uniquely contributed to our understanding of human mind and behavior. The advance in neuroscience and its potential implications (e.g., in legal systems) have attracted attention from both academia and society.