FWIW, my department is a hotbed of "behavioral (experimental) economics." That school's program meshes well with neuroeconomics -- and more. We've had a neuroeconomist or two speak at seminars. One presentation reported on blood tests. I don't remember how blood tests fit with neuroeconomics.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:21 AM, ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11785391 > >> In the late 1990s a generation of academic economists had their eyes >> opened by Mr LeDoux's and other accounts of how studies of the brain using >> recently developed techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) >> showed that different bits of the old grey matter are associated with >> different sorts of emotional and decision-making activity. The amygdalas are >> an example. Neuroscientists have shown that these almond-shaped clusters of >> neurons deep inside the medial temporal lobes play a key role in the >> formation of emotional responses such as fear. >> >> These new neuroeconomists saw that it might be possible to move economics >> away from its simplified model of rational, self-interested, >> utility-maximising decision-making. Instead of hypothesising about Homo >> economicus, they could base their research on what actually goes on inside >> the head of Homo sapiens. >> > > --ravi > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
