Through my various scattered readings I thought I had found a link between obesity and going into debt due to neuro-chemical changes in the brain. Two new reports prompted me to re-ponder the link at the population level between the rise of obesity and the rise of consumer debt. CDC (center of disease control and…
Category: neuroeconomics
neuroeconomics
mirror, mirror on the wall….
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Yesterday, I posted a light hearted post on how looking at attractive people is good for your health and brain. Today, I figured I should look at the opposite – what about looking at an unattractive person. I am going to discuss a poster that was presented at the annual society of neuroscience in 2007.…
free will, neuroeconomics
Do you make your own choices or does your brain?
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Do you choose healthy choices, do you even choose? Last week I blogged about a polymorphism in a gene that researchers argued that made you consume a larger amount of sugar. I countered the argument saying that despite whatever particular variation of gene you might have that equally or more important is you will power…