Neuroscience and Economics is the first of a series of debates surrounding Neuroscience. The Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB) are the organisers of the Cycle «Neuroscience and…», with the support of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea.

The brain has some of the hidden keys to the understading of economy on a global scale. One of these keys is the fact that we do not behave according to the laws of economy: in contrast to a common belief in the past, financial decisions are not based on thought but highly influenced by elements such as feelings and intuition. Neuroeconomy observes how the brain works when we evaluate decisions, when we categorise risks and rewards and when we interact with other economic agents.

Economists Antonio Cabrales (University College London) and Rosemarie Nagel (ICREA-UPF), and biologist Arcadi Navarro (ICREA-UPF) will be opening the debate with a short presentation, followed by an open exchange with the audience.

«Neuroscience and…» has the additional support of  LOGOS-Logic, Language and Cognition Research Group, the Spanish Society for Neuroscience (SENC), the Spanish Society for Neurology (SEN) the Brain Awareness Week (BAW) and the Societat Catalana de Biologia (SCB).

Attendance to the debate is open to the public Registration is not required for this activity Attendance is free of charge Language: English (no translation provided)