Cross-talk in economics and neuroscience

Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde; Carl Schoonover

doi:10.3917/redp.181.0035

Cross-talk in economics and neuroscience

Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde, Carl Schoonover

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Abstract

Neuroeconomics is a recent extension of behavioural economics which aims at uncovering the brain mechanisms and activities that mediate regular and anomalous economic behaviour. Gul and Pesendorfer [2005] have launched a critique against the neuroeconomic research programme, based on what they argue is the incommensurability of the theoretical constructs employed by each respective discipline. To respond to their argument we envision and illustrate several "directions of instruction" between neuroscience and economics, and provide counterexamples to their critique. This disciplinary cross-talk soggests that neuroeconomics may play a crucial conceptual and methodological role in fostering the unity of behavioural sciences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-50
Number of pages	16
Journal	Revue d'Economie Politique
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3917/redp.181.0035
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Emotions
Neuroeconomics
Rationality
Unity of behavioural sciences
Value

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Political Science and International Relations

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