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Science 13 June 2003:
Vol. 300. no. 5626, pp. 1673 - 1675
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086215
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Perspectives

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PSYCHOLOGY AND ECONOMICS:
Enhanced: Strategizing in the Brain

Colin F. Camerer

Economic theories, particularly game theory, have been used widely to predict the behavior of markets and corporations. In a new twist, as Camerer explains in his Perspective, neuroscience is now informing game theory. Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals the regions of the brain that "light up" during the cognitive and emotional events that accompany economic decision-making (Sanfey et al.).

The author is in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences 228-77, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. E-mail: camerer{at}hss. caltech.edu

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