Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Введение в нейроэкономику
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Психология)
Кто читает:
Департамент психологии
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 1 модуль
Онлайн-часы:
20
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
20
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Neuroeconomics is an interdisciplinary field that combines economics, psychology and neuroscience to understand how the brain evaluates options and makes choices. This course introduces the neural foundations of decision-making, beginning with the relevant brain anatomy and the core models of how the brain computes and compares the subjective value of different options. Students will examine how valuation is shaped by emotion, by risk and uncertainty, and by the trade-off between immediate and delayed rewards, and how these processes give rise to the systematic biases described by behavioral economics. The course also explores decision-making in social and evolutionary context, showing how the "economic brain" is adapted to interaction with others. In the final part, we turn to applied neuroeconomics — including consumer neuroscience, addiction and clinical decision-making — while critically assessing both the promise and the limitations of the field. By the end, students will be able to connect economic theories of choice to their underlying neural mechanisms and to read primary neuroscientific research with an informed, critical eye.
Learning Objectives
- To learn the added value of Neuroeconomics
- Understand advantages and disadvantaged of various neuroscience methods
- Be able to read the results of neuroeconomics studies
- To learn major assumptions of decision theories
- To understand the interdisciplinary nature of Neuroeconomics
- Understand that we have to combine various methods to understand mechanisms of decision-making
- To discuss possible implications of Neuroeconomics to our fundamental understanding of human behavior
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Be able to read the results of neuroeconomics studies
- Understand advantages and disadvantaged of various neuroscience methods.
- Understand that we have to combine various methods to understand mechanisms of decision-making
- To describe the neural mechanisms of decision-making under risk and uncertainty and relate them to key behavioral phenomena such as loss aversion and the distinction between risk and ambiguity.
Course Contents
- Introduction to Neuroeconomics
- Brain anatomy and functions
- Introducing brain models of decision making and choice
- Neural representation of the subjective value, basal ganglia and choice value
- Affective mechanisms of decision-making
- Decision-making under risk and uncertainty
- Dual-processing hypothesis of “temporal discounting”
- The social brain
- Taking an evolutionary perspective: the ‘economic animal’
- Multiple Comparisons
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 1st module0.1 * Exam (project proposal) + 0.6 * Group presentation + 0.3 * Class attendance
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Accounting for decision making and control, Zimmerman, J. L., 2009
- Advances in decision making under risk and uncertainty, , 2008
- Competing conceptions of the individual in recent economics. (2009). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195189254.003.0008
- MacKillop, J. (2016). The Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics of Alcohol Use Disorders. Alcoholism, Clinical And Experimental Research, 40(4), 672–685. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13004
- Rangel, A., Camerer, C., & Montague, P. R. (2008). A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 9(7), 545–556. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2357
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Colin F. Camerer. (2007). Neuroeconomics: Using Neuroscience to Make Economic Predictions. Economic Journal, (519), 26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02033.x