This episode presents a dialogue involving economist Dr. Erdal Tekin, a member of AU’s Department of Public Administration and Policy, along with neuroscientists Terry Davidson and Tony Riley, and law professor Susan Carle discussing research and policy approaches to drug abuse, obesity and other potentially harmful brain-based behaviors. Dr. Erdal explains how economists think about addiction and other types of self-destructive behavior as a problem of “time inconsistency”—in other words, individuals sometimes don’t calculate the value of their future preferences sufficiently in deciding on their current actions. Davidson, Riley and Carle then discus bringing economics and neuroscience together in preventing and treating addiction and obesity and the need for more inter-disciplinary collaboration. More information about Dr. Tekin and his work can be found here: https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/tekin.cfm
Season 3: Episode (2) New Research and Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Season 3: (Episode 1) Medical Interventions to Treat Obesity: How They Work
Dealing with the Brain Effects of Racism
The Effects on the Brain of Islamophobia and Other Forms of Discrimination
The Links between Dignity Neuroscience and International Human Rights Law
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The Neuroscience of How Babies See Faces
What Neuroscience Can Teach Us about Sex Differences
In Memoriam: Dr. Jay Schulkin
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Episode 8: Neuroscience and Anti-Discrimination Law
Episode 7: Foods that harm and foods that protect the brain
Episode 6: : Chemical Weapons: The Science and the Policy
Episode 4: The Neuroscience of Drug Abuse
Episode 3: Neuro-Myths in Education Policy
Episode 2: The Use of Food and Drug Laws to Control the Obesity Pandemic
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