tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post8765320516629814300..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: NeuroeconomicsAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-10504583541729719012006-09-14T11:58:00.000+05:302006-09-14T11:58:00.000+05:30Just for reference, I recently bookmarked this sit...Just for reference, I recently bookmarked this site:<br />http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-913946355290155772006-09-14T11:46:00.000+05:302006-09-14T11:46:00.000+05:30personally, i feel neuroeconomics is essential not...personally, i feel neuroeconomics is essential not in itself, but to re-educate economists and help them get rid of their "homo economicus" blinkers. i attended a neuroecon talk once - the audience was primarily economists with a sprinkling of us more psychologisty people. the presenter talked about a major review paper (not written by him). one of the big findings he highlighted was (iirc) - neuroeconomic methods have demonstrated that different parts of the brain light up when people who are hopeful make a given decision, as opposed to when people who are angry make the same decision (or two such emotions). the big takeaway - hence it is "proved" that hope and anger are really different. <br /><br />the economists in the audience went "oooh".Tabula Rasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094860426062297noreply@blogger.com