/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ The field of neurotechnology, the focus of this blog, encompasses advances in brain science (neurons), information technology (bits) and bioengineering (genes). Up for discussion and analysis: the political, economic, ethical, and social forces that will shape the future of what will be one of the most important and fascinating stories of the coming decades. en-us zack@neuroinsights.com 2009-03-05T12:28:29-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2009/03/05/new_neuroeconomics_ejournal.php A new Economics Research Network (ERN) eJournal in Neuroeconomics has been launched. The editors include: Kevin A. McCabe, George Mason University - Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics, George Mason University and Michael C. Jensen, Harvard Business School, The... 73769@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2009-03-05T12:28:29-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2008/05/29/wall_street_journal_goes_with_neuroeconomicsfocused_personal_finance_columnist.php The Wall Street Journal hired Jason Zweig, a senior writer and columnist for Money magazine, to be its new personal finance columnist. Zweig is also currently a guest columnist for Time magazine, and he was the mutual funds editor for... 73340@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2008-05-29T13:23:28-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2007/06/18/why_giving_feels_good_your_charitable_brain.php That good feeling you get by writing a check to your favorite charity could be your brain patting itself on the back, writes Robert Mitchum of the Chicago Tribune while reporting on a recent study published in the journal Science.... 72413@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2007-06-18T19:06:22-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/11/16/milton_friedman_nobel_economist_passes_on_at_94.php Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who played a key role in the intellectual resurgence of capitalism and the global shift to free-market economics in the final third of the 20th century, died today at a San Francisco hospital. He... 69260@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2006-11-16T20:16:00-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/08/08/trust_happiness_and_societal_development.php A common critique of laboratory experiments is that they don't scale up to the "real world". However, in a new paper from neuroeconomist Paul Zak and Ahlam Fakhar shows that their work work on oxytocin does not face this critique.... 63364@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2006-08-08T11:43:22-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/04/26/tyler_cowan_on_neuroeconomics_and_itunes.php For those of you who missed Tyler Cowan's article in the NYTimes last week, here is a bit he shares on his group blog Marginal Revolution (visit MR to access the full article): "Not all of neuro-economics uses brain scans.... 56605@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2006-04-26T15:36:34-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/12/23/the_king_of_trust_paul_zak_part_1.php This is the first of a three part interview with neuroeconomist Paul Zak. By Zack Lynch The king of trust, Paul Zak, directs the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies at Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles, where for the past four... 4337@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2004-12-23T20:20:13-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/08/26/neuroeconomics_2004_conference.php The intersection of economics and neuroscience offers tantalizing potential for the advancement of both disciplines as well as being a new field of study in its own right: Neuroeconomics (click for previous neuroeconomics posts on Brain Waves) The Human Neuroimaging... 4281@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2004-08-26T19:26:53-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/06/24/neuroeconomists_match_valuation_and_behavior_in_the_brain.php "Psychologists and economists have long appreciated the contribution of reward history and expectation to decision-making," begins a brilliant research article in this week's Science. In "matching behavior and the representation of value in the parietal cortex," Stanford University researchers used... 4238@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2004-06-24T14:17:40-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/10/27/emotional_transaction_costs.php BusinessPundit, recently highlighted in Business and the Tragic View of Human Nature that: "The field of management has a long way to go...a better understanding of human nature (via neuroscience) will allow us to better target management tactics for specific... 4030@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2003-10-27T22:03:06-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/08/13/autism_cooperation_and_economics.php By Paul Zak Elisabeth Hill and David Sally of University College London have recently completed a very interesting paper using the neuroeconomic method (real social interactions with payoffs) examining cooperation and fairness in adults and children with autistic spectrum disorder... 3982@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2003-08-13T13:10:48-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/08/11/the_neurobiology_of_trust.php 3980@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2003-08-11T08:05:16-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/06/17/economics_from_the_neurons_up.php 3941@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2003-06-17T14:22:55-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/05/21/why_neuroeconomics_rocks.php Standard economic theories rely on an implicit assumption that controlled, cognitive processes are the key to economic decision making. Yet.. We fear terrorism, when red meat poses a much greater risk of mortality. And, when it comes to asking someone... 3924@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2003-05-21T04:35:46-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/05/08/the_future_is_emotional_economics.php 3915@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ Neuroeconomics 2003-05-08T21:48:24-05:00