Where economics and neuroscience might meet

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-183

  Vromen, Jack ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational neuroscience; Context sensitivity of choice behavior; Neuroeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953662602     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501781003756691     Document Type: Article

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