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Fifty percent are purely selfish Der Spiegel - October 20, 2008 Behavioral economist Ernst Fehr on greed, the dangers of unrestrained self-interest, and the emergence of mass panic on the financial markets.
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Money and happiness Norbert Bischofberger has a talk with neuroscientist Tania Singer and economist Ernst Fehr SF1, Sternstunde Philosophie [Great moments in philosophy] - October 5, 2008 The traditional conception of the selfish homo economicus, who only thinks about costs and benefits, is inadequate. Economist Ernst Fehr and neuroscientist Tania Singer are convinced that humans are by nature public-spirited as well and instinctively pursue the public good. In their work in the emerging interdisciplinary research field of "neuroeconomics" at the University of Zurich, they use neuroscientific findings to inform economic theory. More specifically, they study the biological foundations of economic behavior and the interconnections between rationality and emotions.
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Selfish preschoolers – Infants can't be fair Der Spiegel - August 28, 2008 Mine, mine, mine: Preschool-age children cannot share. Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have discovered that our sense of justice does not form until age seven or eight.
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Empathy depends on bodily feelings Deutschlandradio, Forschung Aktuell [Current Research] - August 11, 2008 The ability to empathize with other people appears to be closely linked to the ability to interpret one's own feelings. Neuroscientists in Zurich have examined empathy in subjects who are not able to interpret their own feelings. Podcast (German) (MP3, 1.14 MB) (MP3, 1110 KB) Transcript (German) (PDF, 29 KB) (PDF, 28 KB)
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Jochen Kölsch has a talk with neuroscientist Tania Singer BR-alpha, alpha-Forum - May 28, 2008 Tania Singer studied psychology at Philipps-University Marburg and at TU Berlin. Since 2006, she has been Professor at the Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, University of Zurich, studying the foundations of human social behavior. Transcript (German) (PDF, 57 KB) (PDF, 56 KB)Further information (German)
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Why do people behave economically? NZZ - April 5, 2008 Tania Singer measures the brain activity of subjects playing economic games. As Professor in the Faculty of Economics, the neuroscientist studies the foundations of human economic behavior. Article (German) (PDF, 2.52 MB) (PDF, 2461 KB)
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Investigating compassion with vim and vigor Tages-Anzeiger - February 29, 2008 Neuroscientist Tania Singer studies human social behavior. Her goal is to develop a means of improving our ability to empathize with other people. Article (German) (PDF, 222 KB) (PDF, 216 KB)
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How to overcome selfishness SonntagsZeitung - February 24, 2008 Neuroscientist Tania Singer aims to determine how empathy can be increased through training. Article (German) (PDF, 339 KB) (PDF, 330 KB)
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