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Paul Zak—Director of Claremont’s Center for Neuroeconomic Studies—has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in a grant from the John Templeton Foundation to support his project, “Oxytocin and the Neurobiology of Human Virtues: Resilience, Generosity, and Compassion.” The funding was one of the largest grants this year at Claremont Graduate University...
Published Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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About the Center
Director
Paul J. Zak, Ph.D.
The Center for Neuroeconomics Studies (CNS) investigates the neurophysiology of economic decisions. Its researchers draw on economic theory, experimental economics, neuroscience, endocrinology, and psychology to develop a comprehensive understanding of human decisions.
To learn more about current CNS projects, media notices, the neuroeconomics reading list, CNS Researchers, and much more, visit their website at http://www.neuroeconomicstudies.org/.
Graduate Student Research Prize
Center for Neuroeconomics Studies $1,000 Prize for Graduate Student Research
The Center for Neuroeconomics Studies (CNS) at Claremont Graduate University announces the first annual prize for the best graduate student paper in neuroeconomics. In order to spur research in neuroeconomics, CNS is sponsoring a $1,000 annual prize for the best graduate student research paper in neuroeconomics. The paper must be sent electronically to prize@neuroeconomicstudies.org before June 15, 2007 to be considered. The prize will be announced on August 1, 2007. Master's or PhD students in any discipline may apply. A letter from their graduate studies advisor must accompany the submission.
Judging Panel
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New brain imaging technologies have motivated neuroeconomic studies of the internal order of the mind and its links with the spectrum of human decisions from choice among fixed gambles to choice mediated by market and other institutional rules. We are only at the beginning of the enterprise, but its promise suggests a fundamental change in how we think, observe, and model decision in all its contexts.
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Vernon Smith
2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics, in his Nobel lecture "Constructivist and Ecological Rationality in Economics"
Currently Professor of Economics and Law at GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
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Paul J. Zak, PhD
Director, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate University
Thomas Borcherding, PhD
Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate University
Arthur Denzau, PhD
Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate University
Yi Feng, PhD
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Political Science
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