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Decisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain: The Science of Neuroeconomics (Bradford Books)

9 reviews
Paul W. Glimcher

The MIT Press, 2004

Groundbreaking thesis
This book is much more than its title. It provides a fascinating history of neurobiology and probability/game theory, leading up to the thesis that the brain is a Bayesian probability calculator and game-theoretic randomizer. The Bayesian part refers to the ability of the brain to combine current incoming sensory data with current priors to estimate probabilities relevant to current ...

GASBANK.com, Yo-Yo Gas Pricing Schemes, and the Neuroeconomics of Anxiety
Jason M. Quiring, Ph.D.

Gasbank Inc., 2006

Finally, the average consumer can have a piece of the oil and extended energy markets, including biofuels, electricity, coal, and natural gas.

Neuroeconomics
Peter, M.D., Ph.D. Politser

Oxford Univ Pr, 2008

Midbrain Mutiny: The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling: Economic Theory and Cognitive ...
Don Ross, Carla Sharp, ...

The MIT Press, 2008

The explanatory power of economic theory is tested by the phenomenon of irrational consumption, examples of which include such addictive behaviors as disordered and pathological gambling. Midbrain Mutiny examines different economic models of disordered gambling, using the frameworks of neuroeconomics (which analyzes decision making in the brain) and picoeconomics (which analyzes patterns of consumption behavior), and drawing on empirical ...

Neuroeconomics: A Guide to the New Science of Making Choices
Peter Politser

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from ...

Neuroeconomics: cross-currents in research on decision-making [An article from: Trends in Cognitive Sciences]
A.G. Sanfey, G. Loewenstein, ...

Elsevier

This digital document is a journal article from Trends in Cognitive Sciences, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Despite substantial advances, the question of how we make decisions and judgments continues to pose important challenges for scientific research. Historically, different ...

Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich

23 reviews
Jason Zweig

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Sobering experience
"Know thyself" was the recommendation from the Greek philosophers. This books leads you to that same objective. The impressive difference is the Greeks did not have MRIs to scan their brains when we were thinking deep thoughts. Zweig does two very important things. He brings science to the process of making investments. It's not quant models of the S&P, but an understanding of the ...

Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich
Jason Zweig

Simon & Schuster, 2007

Modeling internal commitment mechanisms and self-control: A neuroeconomics approach to consumption-saving ...
J. Benhabib, A. Bisin

Elsevier

This digital document is a journal article from Games and Economic Behavior, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: We provide a new model of consumption-saving decisions which explicitly allows for internal commitment mechanisms and self-control. Agents have the ability to invoke either ...

Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain

Academic Press, 2008

Neuroeconomics is a new highly promising approach to understanding the neurobiology of decision making and how it affects cognitive social interactions between humans and societies/economies. This book is the first edited reference to examine the science behind neuroeconomics, including how it influences human behavior and societal decision making from a behavioral economics point of view. Presenting a truly interdisciplinary approach, ...

Decisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain: the Science of Neuroeconomics.(Book Review): An article from: Journal ...
William H. Redmond

Association for Evolutionary Economics, 2003

This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on December 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1270 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Decisions, ...

Tax compliance and the neuroeconomics of intertemporal substitution.: An article from: National Tax Journal
Terrence R. Chorvat

Thomson Gale, 2007

This digital document is an article from National Tax Journal, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 6729 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the author: This article argues that the relationship between the ...

Neuroactive hormones and interpersonal trust: International evidence [An article from: Economics and Human ...
P.J. Zak, A. Fakhar

Elsevier, 2006

This digital document is a journal article from Economics and Human Biology, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Social attachment is vital for human health and welfare. Recent experimental evidence in humans has identified the role of neuroactive hormones, especially the peptide ...

Physiological utility theory and the neuroeconomics of choice [An article from: Games and Economic Behavior]
P.W. Glimcher, M.C. Dorris, ...

Elsevier

This digital document is a journal article from Games and Economic Behavior, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Over the past half century economists have responded to the challenges of Allais [Econometrica (1953) 53], Ellsberg [Quart. J. Econ. (1961) 643] and others raised to ...

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