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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2023/2024

Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions

Type: Compulsory course (Urban Planning)
Area of studies: Urban Planning
Delivered by: Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism
Where: Faculty of Urban and Regional Development
When: 5 year, 3 module
Mode of studies: distance learning
Online hours: 30
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Anna Shepelenko
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 10

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Economics, psychology, and neuroscience are converging today into a unified discipline of Neuroeconomics with the ultimate aim of creating a single, general theory of human decision-making.Neuroeconomics provides biologists, economists, psychologists and social scientists with a deeper understanding of how they make their own decisions and how others decide. Neuroscience, when allied with psychology and economics, creates powerful new models to explain why we make decisions. Neurobiological mechanisms of decision-making, decisions under risk, trust and cooperation will be central issues in this course. You will be provided with the most recent evidence from brain-imaging techniques (fMRI, TMS, etc.) and introduced to the explanatory models behind them.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Awareness of the subject of neuroeconomics, its foundations and connections with other branches of knowledge
  • Knowledge of the basic methods of neuroeconomic research
  • Knowledge of the role of the neuronal activity in decision making
  • Knowledge of basic neuroeconomic theories
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Describe the main structures of the brain
  • Describe and compare basic neuroeconomic theories
  • Describe the functions of brain areas associated with a decision-making process
  • Describe the neural basis of social interactions and social decision-making
  • Describe and compare animal and human decision-making mechanisms
  • Describe the role of emotions in decision-making
  • Describe the methods used for neuroeconomics research
  • Analyze neuroeconomic scientific publications
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF NEUROECONOMIC
  • NEUROANATOMY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, AND NEUROIMAGING: TOOLS OF NEUROECONOMICS
  • INTRODUCING BRAIN MODELS OF DECISION-MAKING AND CHOICE
  • NEURAL REPRESENTATION OF SUBJECTIVE VALUE
  • AFFECTIVE MECHANISMS OF DECISION-MAKING
  • DUAL PROCESS THEORY OF DECISION-MAKING: TOWARD A NEUROECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE
  • DECISION-MAKING UNDER RISK: TOWARD A NEUROECONOMICS MECHANISM
  • THE SOCIAL BRAIN: GAMES IN THE BRAIN
  • EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF DECISION-MAKING
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Online course
    Online course in Smart LMS "Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions"
  • non-blocking Class attendance
  • non-blocking Class participation
  • non-blocking Group Presentation
    The group presentation consists of 7-10 min PowerPoint report followed by 5 min group discussion
  • non-blocking Exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 3rd module
    Online course*0.400 + Class participation*0.200 + Class attendance*0.050 + Group Presentation*0.100 + Exam (Essay)*0.250
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Baars, B. J., & Gage, N. M. (2010). Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness : Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (Vol. 2nd ed). Burlington, MA: Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=320761
  • Neuroeconomics 2nd Edition Decision Making and the Brain Academic Press; 2nd edition (October 11, 2013)

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Bechara, A., Damasio, H., & Damasio, A. R. (2000). Emotion, Decision Making and the Orbitofrontal Cortex. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.318926CF
  • Carolyn Yoon, Richard Gonzalez, Antoine Bechara, Gregory Berns, Alain Dagher, Laurette Dubé, … Charles Spence. (2012). Decision neuroscience and consumer decision making. Marketing Letters, (2), 473. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-012-9188-z
  • 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
  • Duane E. Haines, & Gregory A. Mihailoff. (2018). Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications E-Book. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1616581
  • Frydman C, Camerer CF. The Psychology and Neuroscience of Financial Decision Making. Trends Cogn Sci. 2016 Sep;20(9):661-675. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.07.003. Epub 2016 Aug 5. PMID: 27499348.
  • Johansen, J. P., Tarpley, J. W., LeDoux, J. E., & Blair, H. T. (2010). Neural substrates for expectation-modulated fear learning in the amygdala and periaqueductal gray. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A016BF4C
  • Mandel, D. R., & Vartanian, O. (2011). Neuroscience of Decision Making. New York: Psychology Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=358615
  • Мозг, познание, разум: введение в когнитивные нейронауки : в 2 т : учебное пособие / под редакцией Б. Баарса, Н. Гейдж , перевод с английского В. В. Шульговского. — 5-е изд. — Москва : Лаборатория знаний, 2021. — 1019 с. — ISBN 978-5-93208-547-9. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/166742 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Authors

  • SHEPELENKO ANNA Iurevna
  • GORODNICHEV ANTON VALEREVICH