Paul Glimcher’s book Foundations of Neuroeconomic Analysis claims that the field of neuroeconomics has made great strides in creating a unified descriptive theory of individual human choice, bringing together positive economics (basically insights from VNM utility theory), neuroscience and psychology. The field was recommended to me by a friend doing a PhD in psychology. If true, the field sounds very useful to study. I don’t have the cognitive science background knowledge to evaluate the credibility of these claims (my economics background is strong), so I have a couple of questions:
Is neuroeconomics founded on solid evidence?
Are there intelligent criticisms of the field?
If neuroeconomics is a useful field to study, what are the best books on the topic?
How credible is neuroeconomics?
Paul Glimcher’s book Foundations of Neuroeconomic Analysis claims that the field of neuroeconomics has made great strides in creating a unified descriptive theory of individual human choice, bringing together positive economics (basically insights from VNM utility theory), neuroscience and psychology. The field was recommended to me by a friend doing a PhD in psychology. If true, the field sounds very useful to study. I don’t have the cognitive science background knowledge to evaluate the credibility of these claims (my economics background is strong), so I have a couple of questions:
Is neuroeconomics founded on solid evidence?
Are there intelligent criticisms of the field?
If neuroeconomics is a useful field to study, what are the best books on the topic?