Behavioral economics can explain some things, but it's hard to explain a lot of the underlying processes that generate these decisions, much less some of these unconscious things that we don't have a handle on at all.
If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired… - Edward Boyden
If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired…
- Edward Boyden
One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab m… - Edward Boyden
One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab m…
Work backward from your goal. - Edward Boyden
Work backward from your goal.
I would argue that if you understand how the cells of the brain are organized into circuits, almost computational circuits if you will, and we see ho… - Edward Boyden
I would argue that if you understand how the cells of the brain are organized into circuits, almost computational circuits if you will, and we see ho…
One of the things that got me transitioning from physical science to brain science was asking, Why do we understand so much about the universe? - Edward Boyden
One of the things that got me transitioning from physical science to brain science was asking, Why do we understand so much about the universe?
It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is. - Edward Boyden
It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is.
The world is your playground - play with a sense of destiny. - Edward Boyden
The world is your playground - play with a sense of destiny.
These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are. - Edward Boyden
These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are.
When I'm talking to somebody, I'll put a piece of paper on the table and I'll write what I call a conversation summary - notes about the conversation… - Edward Boyden
When I'm talking to somebody, I'll put a piece of paper on the table and I'll write what I call a conversation summary - notes about the conversation…
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