Week One: Why did you enroll in this class?

Freshman year, I found myself very excited by economics and neuroscience (I'm currently planning to pursue an Economics major with a Neuroscience minor). The field of study that seems to integrate these two interests of mine is neuroeconomics, a neuroscientific approach to studying how we make decisions (that affect the economy). Oh hey, that sounds familiar... This class encompasses exactly that! I'm very excited to explore not only the more technical side of neuroscience research (something I learned a lot about this summer when I took Cognitive Neuroscience), but also the social implications of what we learn from this research. I feel that this cooperation between economics and neuroscience is a relatively new field, and can't wait to delve in.

I look forward to reading all of your posts this semester!

P.S. For the neuroscience nerds/Ryan Gosling fans, check out this site: