Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain

Book Overview

Neuroeconomics is a new highly promising approach to understanding the neurobiology of decision making and how it affects cognitive social interactions between humans and societies/economies. This book is the first edited reference to examine the science behind neuroeconomics, including how it influences human behavior and societal decision making from a behavioral economics point of view. Presenting a truly interdisciplinary approach, Neuroeconomics presents research from neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics, and includes chapters by all the major figures in the field, including two Economics Nobel laureates.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123741769
• ISBN13: 9780123741769
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 4.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.3" x 8.8"