What neuroscience tells us about our decision-making
Most of us like to think we make rational decisions. But neuroscience tells a different story. In this lecture, eminent Professor of Economics Juan D. Carrillo (University of Southern California) reviews the brain systems involved in decision-making and illustrates how brain system interactions and choice constraints can in fact explain how we make decisions.
Speaker
Juan D. Carrillo is a professor of economics at the University of Southern California (USC) and a research fellow in the public policy program of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Prof Carillo was previously an assistant professor at the Free University of Brussels and an associate professor at Columbia Business School.
Prof Carrillo has worked in the areas of mechanism design, theory of organisations, political economics and behavioral economics.
He has published his research in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economics Studies, and the Journal of Political Economy. He has edited two books in psychology and economics.
His current research interests include neuroeconomic theory and experimental economics.
Hosted by
Department of Economics, Monash Business School
BET (Behavioral, Experimental, Theoretical) Research Group, Monash Business School.
Monash Laboratory of Experimental Economics (MonLEE), Monash Business School.
Organised by
Department of Economics
Event Details
- Date:
- 3 December 2021 at 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Venue:
- Online (Zoom)
- Categories:
- Economics; General
Description
Most of us like to think we make rational decisions. But neuroscience tells a different story. In this lecture, eminent Professor of Economics Juan D. Carrillo (University of Southern California) reviews the brain systems involved in decision-making and illustrates how brain system interactions and choice constraints can in fact explain how we make decisions.
Speaker
Juan D. Carrillo is a professor of economics at the University of Southern California (USC) and a research fellow in the public policy program of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Prof Carillo was previously an assistant professor at the Free University of Brussels and an associate professor at Columbia Business School.
Prof Carrillo has worked in the areas of mechanism design, theory of organisations, political economics and behavioral economics.
He has published his research in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economics Studies, and the Journal of Political Economy. He has edited two books in psychology and economics.
His current research interests include neuroeconomic theory and experimental economics.
Hosted by
Department of Economics, Monash Business School
BET (Behavioral, Experimental, Theoretical) Research Group, Monash Business School.
Monash Laboratory of Experimental Economics (MonLEE), Monash Business School.
Organised by
Department of Economics