Sunday, November 22, 2009

UC Davis News & Information :: Workshop on Economics, Neuroscience and Hormones

Well we missed the conference, but I will look for info from it

UC Davis News & Information :: Workshop on Economics, Neuroscience and Hormones:
"Another new area -- endocrinological economics -- studies how hormones such as testosterone and estradiol affect economic behavior. At the workshop, Coren Apicella, research fellow at Harvard University, will discuss how testosterone levels affect risk-taking tasks. Schipper will talk about his recent work on how the menstrual cycle influences risk-taking in an auction-bidding game.

Workshop participants will also address how genetics contribute to economic decision-making, including a presentation by graduate student David Cesarini, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on pension investments by identical and non-identical twins."

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