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Translating upwards: linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics.

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Levallois, C; Clithero, JA; Wouters, P; Smidts, A; Huettel, SA
Published in: Nature reviews. Neuroscience
November 2012

The social and neural sciences share a common interest in understanding the mechanisms that underlie human behaviour. However, interactions between neuroscience and social science disciplines remain strikingly narrow and tenuous. We illustrate the scope and challenges for such interactions using the paradigmatic example of neuroeconomics. Using quantitative analyses of both its scientific literature and the social networks in its intellectual community, we show that neuroeconomics now reflects a true disciplinary integration, such that research topics and scientific communities with interdisciplinary span exert greater influence on the field. However, our analyses also reveal key structural and intellectual challenges in balancing the goals of neuroscience with those of the social sciences. To address these challenges, we offer a set of prescriptive recommendations for directing future research in neuroeconomics.

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Nature reviews. Neuroscience

DOI

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1471-0048

ISSN

1471-003X

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

13

Issue

11

Start / End Page

789 / 797

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Social Sciences
  • Neurosciences
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Models, Economic
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Humans
  • Animals
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
 

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Levallois, C., Clithero, J. A., Wouters, P., Smidts, A., & Huettel, S. A. (2012). Translating upwards: linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 13(11), 789–797. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3354
Levallois, Clement, John A. Clithero, Paul Wouters, Ale Smidts, and Scott A. Huettel. “Translating upwards: linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics.Nature Reviews. Neuroscience 13, no. 11 (November 2012): 789–97. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3354.
Levallois C, Clithero JA, Wouters P, Smidts A, Huettel SA. Translating upwards: linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics. Nature reviews Neuroscience. 2012 Nov;13(11):789–97.
Levallois, Clement, et al. “Translating upwards: linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics.Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, vol. 13, no. 11, Nov. 2012, pp. 789–97. Epmc, doi:10.1038/nrn3354.
Levallois C, Clithero JA, Wouters P, Smidts A, Huettel SA. Translating upwards: linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics. Nature reviews Neuroscience. 2012 Nov;13(11):789–797.

Published In

Nature reviews. Neuroscience

DOI

EISSN

1471-0048

ISSN

1471-003X

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

13

Issue

11

Start / End Page

789 / 797

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Social Sciences
  • Neurosciences
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Models, Economic
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Humans
  • Animals
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences