SS 218 - Neuroscience Applications to Economics and Politics

Institution:

California Institute of Technology

Subject:

Social Science

Description:

Topics in behavioral, affective, and social neuroscience that inform how individuals make economic decisions. Applications of neuroscience to understanding choice under risk and uncertainty, temporal discounting and self-control, advertisement and preference formation, addiction and other pathological behaviors, experienced utility, empathy, and trust. Not offered 2012–13.

Credits:

9.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.caltech.edu

Phone Number:

(626) 395-6811

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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