Posts Tagged ‘ Neuroeconomics ’

Jury consultants take note: Oxytocin increases empathy toward the victim, but not desire to punish the perp

March 10, 2012
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Fortune

Oxytocin up the nose again.

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Fetal Alcohol epigenetics and Chicago School of Economics: Lack of empathy.

February 6, 2010
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Fetal Alcohol epigenetics and Chicago School of Economics: Lack of empathy.

Here it is, fetal alcohol epigenetic study, mouse so far. You can see this one coming.

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Manic Monday, Neuroeconomy: Societal battered womens’ syndrome and sea monkey bankers

January 4, 2010
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Mass post traumatic stress disorder from economic collapse and no way out. What's next explained by analogy to sea monkey ecosystem.

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Manic Monday: Behavioral Economics and Partisan Politics; or, “I don’t want your stinking public option”

October 12, 2009
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Manic Monday: Behavioral Economics and Partisan Politics; or, “I don’t want your stinking public option”

Of course the public option is rejected, that is classic ultimatum game response in the face of a perceived insulting offer. And, when your mere existence insults the other, any offer will be perceived as insulting.

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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup, Neuroeconomics: Winter babies and laughing mothers, melatonin cures all

September 25, 2009
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Vitamin D deficiency may be the culprit for the season of birth effects; melatonin regrows neonate white matter and may be the thing.

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Neuroeconomics from SSRN: Chicago School Profs Say Cost-Benefit Analysis Isn’t All That. In Other News, Hell Freezes Over.

September 16, 2009
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Chicago School of Economics, game theory, "decision science" -- how about considering human nature? A radical idea.

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5-HTTLPR Short Form-ers: Happy Manic Monday

September 14, 2009
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Parsing the serotonin transport allelic variant functions; with some liver, fava beans and a good Chianti.

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Why don’t rich people pay their taxes?

May 21, 2009
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Why don’t rich people pay their taxes?

Social norm compliance and the well-to-do.

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Economics: Chicago School is Toast, but Financial Services Cheating Is Also To Blame (Off topic)

April 28, 2009
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Economics: Chicago School is Toast, but Financial Services Cheating Is Also To Blame (Off topic)

Cheaters are another reason for income inequality.

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Neuroeconomics: I’ll be your Tarzan, you’ll be my Jane; I’ll keep you warm, you’ll keep me sane

April 13, 2009
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Love, or something, is in the air.

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