Neuroeconomics tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-8170 2008-08-23T17:36:35Z Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics at George Mason University TypePad Schools Using Money for Incentives tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54593772 2008-08-23T13:36:35-04:00 2008-08-23T17:36:35Z Recent articles in the front page of the Washington Post 8/22/2008 and the Business Day section of the New York Times 8/20/2008 both are talking about paying students to perform. So results so far in NY to incentivize performance on... Kevin McCabe http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2008/08/schools-using-m.html Internships for Neuroeconomists? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34631302 2007-05-29T10:23:04-04:00 2007-05-29T14:23:04Z A google search inspired by this article in Science Careers on non-academic careers for behavioral scientists led me to this link about internships at Fidelity Investments's "Center for Applied Behavioral Economics"(no link)... "Candidates pursuing doctoral or post-doctoral studies in decision... Steve Saletta http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2007/05/internships_for.html Neural synchronization: what information is fMRI missing? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-32714806 2007-04-10T12:41:03-04:00 2007-04-10T16:41:03Z A new single-cell firing study from MIT observes prefrontal activation to assign salience to novel stimuli, and parietal activity to draw attention to stimuli already recognized as salient. What I'm more excited about, is their discussion of neural synchrony as... Steve Saletta http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2007/04/neural_synchron.html Ambiguity and Pessimism Bias tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30099684 2007-02-05T13:22:46-05:00 2007-02-05T18:22:46Z Although Saturday Night Live may be in the midst of a prolonged rough stretch, Debbie Downer is one of my all-time favorite characters (see a video or the Wikipedia entry). For those who are unfamiliar, the central figure in these... David Chavanne http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2007/02/although_saturd.html Neuroscience and Culture tag:typepad.com,2003:post-15225788 2007-01-16T09:26:42-05:00 2007-01-16T14:26:42Z The initial edition (June, 2006) of Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience included a paper by Heatherton, Wyland, Macrae, Demos, Denny and Kelley that uses fMRI to differentiate the neural representation of oneself from that of one’s best friend: Whereas neural... David Chavanne http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2007/01/neuroscience_an.html Beta blockers also block memories tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14362425 2006-11-29T09:37:19-05:00 2006-11-29T14:37:19Z Yahoo has clips from a recent 60 minutes special posted online on using propanolol to 'weaken' the memories associated with highly stressful events. Propanolol is a beta blocker, and epinephrine is a beta agonist. All sorts of beta receptors in... Steve Saletta http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2006/11/beta_blockers_a.html For the love of God... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-14159535 2006-11-17T10:20:26-05:00 2006-11-17T15:20:26Z The August edition of Neuroscience Letters included work by Mario Beauregard and Vincent Paquette that examined whether a “God Spot” could be found in the brain. Not surprisingly, the paper generated quite a buzz (see here, here and here for... David Chavanne http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2006/11/for_the_love_of.html Ketamine and Depression, part 2 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13760326 2006-10-30T13:54:03-05:00 2006-10-30T18:54:03Z Following up on our earlier post on Ketamine and depression, Nature has a news feature providing more background on the topic. Steve Saletta http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2006/10/ketamine_and_de.html Journal Watch tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13242609 2006-10-07T16:06:37-04:00 2006-10-07T20:06:37Z Nature's website includes two neuroecon news features. One describes this paper in forthcoming Science; the other is a general state-of-the-discipline piece. David Chavanne http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2006/10/journal_watch.html Genetic Expression may Determine Handedness tag:typepad.com,2003:post-13172005 2006-10-03T18:52:07-04:00 2006-10-03T22:52:07Z There is a nice review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience on the mechanism that causes asymmetry in the brain. One of the theories discussed is that molecules produced in the embryonic brain that induce cell specialization are distributed asymmetrically in the... Steve Saletta http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2006/10/handedness_dete.html