How We Think. Michael D'Antonio.
by D'Antonio, Michael; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 34Health. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Magazine, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Brain -- Imaging | Brain -- Research | Decision making | Dopamine | Emotions | Magnetic resonance imaging | Reasoning | Thought and thinkingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "What humans possess, jokes economist Colin Camerer, 'is basically a monkey brain with a good publicist.' That's his conclusion from observing the results of experiments by scientists at Caltech and elsewhere, who are peering into the human brain to see how we think--and finding they can predict the decisions their subjects will make." (LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE) This article reveals that "though we like to think we can make choices based on objective facts, in truth the decisions are almost always bound up with feelings," and examines the roles of different parts of the brain in the decision-making process.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: How We Think, May 2, 2004; pp. 18+.
"What humans possess, jokes economist Colin Camerer, 'is basically a monkey brain with a good publicist.' That's his conclusion from observing the results of experiments by scientists at Caltech and elsewhere, who are peering into the human brain to see how we think--and finding they can predict the decisions their subjects will make." (LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE) This article reveals that "though we like to think we can make choices based on objective facts, in truth the decisions are almost always bound up with feelings," and examines the roles of different parts of the brain in the decision-making process.
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