tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post114555055850621039..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: NeuroeconomicsAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1145700679702234652006-04-22T15:41:00.000+05:302006-04-22T15:41:00.000+05:30Hawkeye: Thanks for that alert. I too noticed that...Hawkeye: Thanks for that alert. I too noticed that <A HREF="http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060417/full/060417-1.html" REL="nofollow">report</A>. Men really have to watch out: it's so easy to distract and fool them!<BR/><BR/>Charu: While irrational thinking is nothing new, economists are coming to grips with how to deal with it. Hence the excitement. But you are right: it is time to worry when the advertisers are using such techniques to push us into more irrational thinking! Thanks for that link to your post.Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1145615265942946952006-04-21T15:57:00.000+05:302006-04-21T15:57:00.000+05:30oh, I think decision making is hardly ever rationa...oh, I think decision making is hardly ever rational... most of us just like to delude ourselves about it. look at all the ads around us!<BR/>but I find the idea of neuro-anything quite scary - being able to peep isnide our minds to see what is happening there - and all to be able to manipulate our thought (and emotion?) in a more efficiant manner? ouch.<BR/>I had written about <A HREF="http://indsight.org/blog/archives/2004/03/31/neuromarketing-what-next/" REL="nofollow">neuromarketing</A> a long time ago... do read it sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1145592324226935952006-04-21T09:35:00.000+05:302006-04-21T09:35:00.000+05:30And there is this most amazing article I read abou...And there is this most amazing article I read about the presence of testosterone in men. Seems men who have been sexually excited, or in the presence of a beautiful woman, make riskier decisions or non-rational decisions than men who havent. And this is specific to men. Women do not seem to be affected by similar problems.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com