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100			_aGlimcher, Paul W. _93562
245		0	_aDecisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain: The Science of Neuroeconomics
260			_c2004 _bMIT Press, _aCambridge, Mass,
300			_a375 pages
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520			_aIn this provocative book, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide an alternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. Glimcher argues that Cartesian dualism operates from the false premise that the reflex is able to describe behavior in the real world that animals inhabit. A mathematically rich cognitive theory, he claims, could solve the most difficult problems that any environment could present, eliminating the need for dualism by eliminating the need for a reflex theory. Such a mathematically rigorous description of the neural processes that connect sensation and action, he explains, will have its roots in microeconomic theory. Economic theory allows physiologists to define both the optimal course of action that an animal might select and a mathematical route by which that optimal solution can be derived. Glimcher outlines what an economics-based cognitive model might look like and how one would begin to test it empirically. Along the way, he presents a fascinating history of neuroscience. He also discusses related questions about determinism, free will, and the stochastic nature of complex behavior.
650			_adecision making _9962
650			_aneuroeconomics _93563
650			_auncertainty _93564
650			_acognitive theory _96637
650			_acognitive model _96638
650			_abrain _96639
650			_abehavior _91812
856			_uhttps://mitpress.mit.edu/books/decisions-uncertainty-and-brain _yPublisher's website
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