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Emory Center for Neuropolicy

Gregory Berns, MD, PhD, is a professor of in Psychiatry, Economics, and Business, and Distinguished Chair in Neuroeconomics at Emory University. Dr. Berns has written for numerous science publications and has been interviewed on National Public Radio, CNN, and ABC's Primetime. He is the author of Satisfaction (2005) and the upcoming release, Iconoclast (Oct. 2008).

Audio

Dr. Berns discusses the new Center for Neuropolicy and the basics behind the discipline.

Neuro-Economics

Basic definition of neuro-economics (MP3, 348 K)

Neuro-economics as a "friendly merger" of disciplines (MP3, 440 K)

Bringing scientic rigor to policy-making (MP3, 1.5 MB)

Group Decision Making

Democracy versus dictatorship: inefficient but fair (MP3, 956 MB)

Group influence to taking risks (MP3, 812 K)

Iconoclast

What the book is about (MP3, 864 K)

Intended audience for the book (MP3, 416 K)