Building knowledge at the nexus of decision-making and neuroscience
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"new knowledge is delicious, but incomplete knowledge is an itch" - nicely put @DarylTalksGames. Highly recommended video on an applied treatment of neuroscience of curiosity among other things.
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Why it may be more fulfilling to focus on leading a good life than on pursuing happiness, according to @NeelBurton bit.ly/2CMaoII
How Mick Fleetwood's drumming technique + composition was influenced by dyslexia.
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Interested in doing a Ph.D. in #neuroeconomics #decisionneuroscience #healtheconomics in our team at the Paris Brain Institute of Sorbonne University? more details here: dropbox.com/s/lxcj7ddad7sya6…
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Show some appreciation from isolation. Academics - name your favorite publication from each decade going back as far as you can without skipping decades (no self-pubs or mentors). Here's mine back to 1870s. @parkinsoncm, @akleinb, @ThaliaWheatley, @IanApperly.
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When it comes to spotting symptoms, do you know how to tell the new coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) from seasonal allergies, a cold or the flu? This chart breaks down what we know so far: wb.md/2vSzMtg
Some detailed answers about where things can go from here, from a biological perspective.
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“..loss-averse decisions were accompanied by preferential gaze towards losses and increased pupil dilation for accepting gambles. Using our model, we found gaze allocation selectively indexed valuation bias, and pupil dilation selectively indexed response bias.”
Decomposing Loss Aversion from Gaze Allocation and Pupil Dilation biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
Food for (less optimal) thought ...
Junk food orders up trouble for young brains
Excessive consumption of calorie-dense foods can lead to changes in the structure and function of the prefrontal cortex, including altering dopamine signaling and inhibition.
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Junk food orders up trouble for young brains
Excessive consumption of calorie-dense foods can lead to changes in the structure and function of the prefrontal cortex, including altering dopamine signaling and inhibition.
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Interesting way to frame self-regulation. Seems especially relevant for choice architecture applications. MY follow up Qs would be - how does this ability vary in populations scoring low on overall empathy, and higher on egotism?
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Why do people play games and solve puzzles, even when it brings no reward? Completing certain kinds of tasks seems to be rewarding in itself, but why?
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“Choosing to be a disrupter should not be a startup’s first choice. It’s a hard road — much harder, longer, and resource-intensive than many new entrants realize.” —@joshgans #Disruption2020 mitsmr.com/37GaGe3
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Social isolation could cause physical inflammation
Researchers found social isolation was associated with the presence of C-reactive protein and increased levels of glycoprotein fibrinogen.
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Dopamine fasting: an expert reviews the latest craze in Silicon Valley
The latest Silicon Valley crazy of dopamine fasting promises to “reset” the brain to be more effective and appreciate the smaller things in life more easily, but does it work?
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I'm not sure why people ever believed these could be helpful. Good to see research supporting a common sense conclusion about fidget spinners as a(n obvious) distraction.
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Seeing landmark studies getting criticized so long after the fact is a disturbing trend, but also fascinating to read about
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#BehaviouralEconomics at work, in a way that could do a lot of good.
ICYMI over the weekend, I wrote in @chronicle about the Harvard judge's recommendation that the university train its admissions officers in recognizing implicit bias. What does that mean, and will it help? #highered chronicle.com/article/A-Judg…
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New research from @msbgu’s Catherine Tinsley - Corporate board experience is helping women to get CEO jobs. qz.com/work/1705281/corporat…