神經經濟學的系列演講 歡迎同學踴躍參加 以下為演講資訊 --- Paul Glimcher is the Julius Silver Professor of Neural Science, Economics, and Psychology and the Director of Center for Neuroeconomics at New York University. Starting in the late 1990s, Professor Glimcher's work on the neurobiology of decision making is highly responsible for the birth of Neuroeconomics, an interdisciplinary area of research utilizing theories, methodologies, and tools from neuroscience, economics, and psychology on the study of decision making. Glimcher is keen on the interplay between theory and data, especially on how neurobiological data can inform and refine theories in economics and neuroscience. In his first talk, Professor Glimcher will share with us his view on how neuroscience and economics could possibly influence each other and the premises for such influence to occur. In the second talk, he will talk about how economic theories can inform neurobiological investigations on the mechanisms of choice and how neurobiological data could make novel predictions on choice behavior. 時間：12月15日 下午1:30-3:30 地點：台灣大學經濟系經大講堂 Title: Foundations of Economic Analysis and the Neural Representation of Utility Over the past decade there has been a significant debate about how economics and neuroscience will influence each other. In this presentation I will argue that a meaningful synthesis of these disciplines will emerge only when serious economic theory is used to guide neurobiological inquiry. If this occurs I argue that it will yield a new class of economic theories that make both economic and neurobiological predictions, both of which can be meaningfully tested. To that end I will describe an axiomatic analysis of the neural representation of utility shocks. Based on fMRI data I will argue for the existence of a utility-like representation in a specific brain area. I will then show that a set of neural measurements in this brain area can predict later choice data. Differences between economic utility and the cardinal object we refer to as "subjective value", and the implications of these findings for cardinal theories of utility will be discussed. 時間：12月16日 下午1:30-3:30 地點：陽明大學活動中心第三會議室 Title: The Neurobiology of Choice and the Evolving Standard Model There is now broad agreement in the neurobiological community about the basic features of the neurobiological mechanism for human and animal decision making. I will review this emerging standard model and then present two specific studies. They will show how economic theory can inform neurobiological studies of brain mechanisms in a highly valuable way - modifying existing neurobiological theory. The second will show the reverse: neurobiological data that makes fundamentally novel predictions about inconsistent human choice behavior. --

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