Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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:


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  1. AnonymousAugust 29, 2012 at 6:48 AM

    Hey Lucie! I love your blog and am so happy we're in the same class this semester! Neuroeconomics sounds like a great application for neurology. Do you know of Duke Prof Dan Ariely? He does work in that field and I've seen his work all over the place recently (the WSJ and NPR)! Maybe you would find his work interesting. I also LOVE Ryan Gosling... take two attractive things--neuroscience and ryan--put them together and you've got gold! See you tomorrow :)

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  2. lasanaAugust 29, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    Not a huge Ryan Gosling fan, but my wife loves him; maybe there is a gender difference there...
    We will cover neuroeconomics since I do some of this research myself. You should try to make it to Elizabeth Tricomi's talk; she is one of the young, burgeoning stars of the field.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    Hi Lucie! I, too, share an interest in neuroeconomics...more specifically, neuromarketing and the ethics of applying the brain sciences to consumer behavior. Another suggestion of Duke faculty to get in contact with: have you talked to Scott Huettel? He teaches the Neuroeconomics Focus class, and also Neuroethics. He has done some fascinating work in decision neuroscience and is a very helpful person to talk to about current research in the field.

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