David Eagleman
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Financial Decisions
Why do people store their money in Christmas accounts that earn no interest? What do Odysseus and the sub-prime mortgage meltdown have in common? What is the cost of time, brain-wise? Do impulsive people view waiting as having a higher cost? Why do patients on Parkinson's medications become compulsive gamblers? How could President Obama have improved the delivery of his 18 month promise to withdraw from Afghanistan? What happens when two people enter economic exchanges, and what have we learned about the roles of trust and reputation? How can we take lessons from brain science to make better decisions? In this talk, Dr. Eagleman translates cutting-edge neuroscience into everyday examples to illuminate financial decision-making from new angles.
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PBS Announces New Series: THE BRAIN WITH DR. DAVID EAGLEMAN
Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS announced the production of its newest science series, THE BRAIN WITH DR. DAVID EAGLEMAN (w.t.), six one-hour episodes that tell the story of the inner workings of the brain and take viewers on a visually spectacular journey into why they feel and think the things they do.
David Eagleman Would Like to Introduce You to Your Brain
Dr. David Eagleman wants to make you more conscious. The Baylor College of Medicine neuroscientist has built a successful career out of studying how we perceive the world, earning himself a personal lab and over 100 publications in academic journals.
David Eagleman talks about how to emulate a human brain ...
"I actually think it's a possibility that we'll have a simulation of a brain before we understand it," neuroscientist David Eagleman told Tech Insider in a recent ...
Books by David Eagleman
“Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain” (2012)
“Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia” (2011)
“Why the Net Matters, or Six Easy Ways to Avert the Collapse of Civilization” (2011)
“Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives” (2010)
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