Irrational exuberance and neural crash warning signals during endogenous experimental market bubbles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 10503-10508

  Smith, Alec ^a   Lohrenz, Terry ^b   King, Justin ^b   Montague, P Read ^b,c   Camerer, Colin F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset bubbles; Hyperscanning; Neuroeconomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENDOGENOUS EXPERIMENTAL MARKET BUBBLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASSET BUBBLES; HYPERSCANNING; NEUROECONOMICS;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COMMERCE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84904699617     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318416111     Document Type: Article

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